CDE
In this three part competition, team members appraise components and parts of tractors and agricultural implements and make recommendations for services needed and not needed, complete a written exam and finally the team of three members, working as a group, will compete in locating and correcting five deliberately placed malfunctions in diesel fueled tractors and safely navigate the repaired tractor through a driving course within the 25 minute time limit.
Tractor Tech
The student is in an employment setting (paid or unpaid). This experience must provide opportunity for development and advancement of skills and abilities aligned to the AFNR Technical Standards and Career Ready Practices.
Placement/ Intership
A member presents the FFA Creed from memory and answers questions about its meaning and purpose. This event is just one way to boost self-confidence, earn recognition, and develop powerful, organized and professional communication skills
Creed Speaking
in 2022 there is approximately _____ farms nation wide
1.9 million
In what year was The Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act, (both Senator Hoke Smith and Representative Dudley Hughes were from Georgia) establishes vocational agriculture courses signed in to law
1917
Students apply their knowledge of various forage species to evaluate hay based on physical properties, identify species common to pastures and complete quiz that tests team members’ knowledge of different aspects of forages. Teams consist of 3 or 4 members.
Forage
The student operates an individual business which provides goods and/or services to the marketplace in the ownership aspect. The student transitions to an entrepreneurship SAE once the ownership SAE is enhanced to contain or meet additional criteria.*Raising and selling animals of any species is production agriculture and does not fit the agribusiness category.*
Ownership/ Entrepreneurship
A team of 3 members presents an informative radio program covering one or more agricultural subjects that is current in nature and local in content. The contest assumes that the chapter has a regularly scheduled non-commercial radio program once each month over a local station.
Radio Broadcast
Name the top ten commodity's in Texas
1928
A four member team demonstrates the professional sales process including customer relations, advertising and promotion, telephone skills and product display. Members also complete an exam, present a project summary and make a sales presentation for an agricultural product. They complete one of four practical problems and cooperatively solve a market analysis problem.
Ag Sales
The student will be involved in an investigation of materials, processes and information to establish new knowledge or the validation of previous research.
Research: Experimental, Analysis or Invention SAE
This contest will be designed to inform the general public and consumers about the importance and value of the agriculture industry and how agriculture impacts human lives. Agricultural Advocacy teams will be made up of 3-5 members from the same chapter.
Agricultural Advocacy
How many sq is an acre
43560 sq
1929
Classroom knowledge and skills are applied as students identify and evaluate cut flowers, house plants, flowering plants, floral designs and complete an exam that tests their knowledge of floral design, propagation as well as preparation of floral and foliage products for sale.
Floriculture
A group of two or more students will work cooperatively outside of normal class time to create a business enterprise that provides goods and services. They operate their enterprise from the school campus utilizing facilities, equipment and other resources provided by the AFNR program or the school.
School-Based Enterprise SAE
A team of 3 to 7 students research and analyze a current agricultural issue, create a portfolio and also develop and deliver a presentation that stresses both pros and cons of their selected agricultural issue. At the event competition, members use verbal skills and presentation abilities to defend their findings and answer judges’ questions.
Ag Issues Forum
On average, one U.S. farm feeds ___ people annually in the U.S. and abroad.
169
Due to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which mandated the end of segregation, NFA merges with FFA, resulting in the end of NFA after 30 years of providing agricultural leadership development for rural Black male youth.
1965
Students working in teams demonstrate their technical competency with small and large animals by completing a written exam, critical-thinking scenario questions, identifications and hands-on practicums.
Vet Tech
Conducted by one or more students in which they plan, conduct and evaluate a project designed to provide a service to a school, public entity or the community. It must provide benefits to another organization, group or individuals other than the FFA chapter.
Service Learning SAE:
At the competition, each member submits their resume, completes a job application for an agricultural position on site and participates in an interview via telephone, in person one-on-one and with a panel of possible employers.
State winning individual advances to National competition that is held during the National FFA Convention the end of October. The state winner also receives a $1000 scholarship!
Job Interview
Define Agriculture
the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products
1969