An agricultural education program is made up of three integrated parts: Classroom instruction, FFA and Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE).
Students with an SAE learn by doing. With help from their agricultural teachers, students develop an SAE project based on one or more SAE categories:
Entrepreneurship
Own and operate an agricultural business (e.g. a lawn care service, a pay-to-fish operation, holiday poinsettia production and sales.)
Placement
Get a job or internship on a farm or ranch, at an agriculture-based business, or in a school or factory laboratory.
Research and Experimentation
Plan and conduct a scientific experiment. (e.g. Determine whether the phases of the moon affect plant growth, or test and determine the efficacy of different welding methods.)
Exploratory
Explore careers in agriculture by attending an agriculture career fair, or creating a report or documentary on the work of a veterinarian.
Agriculture Proficiency Awards
Proficiency Award Information
2015 Proficiency Award Areas
1. Agricultural Communications
2. Agricultural Education
3. Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication
4. Agricultural Mechanics Energy Systems
5. Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance - Entrepreneurship
6. Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance - Placement
7. Agricultural Processing
8. Agricultural Sales – Entrepreneurship
9. Agricultural Sales – Placement
10. Agricultural Services
11. Agriscience Research – Animal Systems
12. Agriscience Research – Integrated Systems
13. Agriscience Research – Plant Systems
14. Beef Production – Entrepreneurship
15. Beef Production – Placement
16. Dairy Production – Entrepreneurship
17. Dairy Production – Placement
18. Diversified Agricultural Production
19. Diversified Crop Production – Entrepreneurship
20. Diversified Crop Production – Placement
21. Diversified Horticulture
22. Diversified Livestock Production
23. Emerging Agricultural Technology
24. Environmental Science and Natural Resources
25. Equine Science - Entrepreneurship
26. Equine Science – Placement
27. Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production
28. Food Science and Technology
29. Forage Production
30. Forest Management and Products
31. Fruit Production
32. Goat Production
33. Grain Production – Entrepreneurship
34. Grain Production – Placement
35. Home and/or Community Development
36. Landscape Management
37. Nursery Operations
38. Outdoor Recreation
39. Poultry Production
40. Sheep Production
41. Small Animal Production and Care
42. Specialty Animal Production
43. Specialty Crop Production
44. Swine Production – Entrepreneurship
45. Swine Production – Placement