SAE Areas
Ideas of a SAE
Pages in an SAE Book
SAE Awards
SAE Anything
100
Name 1 Type of SAE Area
What is any of Entrepreneurship Placement Research Experimental Non-Experimental Exploratory Improvement Supplemental
100
typically includes programs in which a student is placed at a newspaper or other agricultural print (such as magazines) facilities to obtain training and practical experience in writing and publicizing in preparation for a writing communications career. Programs may also be at radio, TV stations, fair media rooms, or other businesses requiring speaking skills and knowledge of agriculture. The student may also own and produce an agriculture related broadcast or show. This area also includes any use of technology (such as websites and blogs) aimed at communicating the story of agriculture.
What is AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS
100
• These entries include the inventory, purchase, or sale of capital items that are depreciated. Capital inventory is the amount of money the student has invested in capital items such as buildings, equipment, machinery, loans, and capital sales. Consumable supplies are not included in capital inventory. Students keep a record of capital inventory for all enterprises in the same record book table. Grouping capital items by enterprise is required (You will pick from a pull down menu). • The capital inventory has columns for date, item, description, enterprise, capital item sold, money borrowed, and principal payments. Each entry should be made as the transaction occurs, chronologically by enterprise. • At the end of the year, totals should be created for each enterprise. The enterprise totals are used on the labor and management earnings page of each enterprise. • Students should enter information every time you either buy or sell a capital item or acquire a loan throughout the year. • Placement SAEs usually do not complete this page. • Several students might not have any capital inventory. If this is the case, put an ending date of 12/31/XX and in the item description type NONE. You should also make sure you mention that fact to the instructor for grading purposes.
What is Capital Inventory
100
Recognizes FFA who have developed proven, specialized skills through their SAEs.
What is Agricultural Proficiency Awards
100
An SAE helps you gain________________
What is Experience
200
An extensive activity where the student plans and conducts a major agricultural experiment using the scientific process. The purpose of the experiment is to provide students "hands-on" experience in: 1. Verifying, learning or demonstrating ?scientific principles in agriculture. 2. Discovering new knowledge. 3. Using the scientific process.
What is Research
200
involves students owning or working at a business (not covered in a more appropriate proficiency award category) that may include enterprises such as: the sales of feed, seed, fertilizer, agricultural chemicals, agricultural equipment, machinery or structures. Activities can also include the merchandising (which is buying an item with the sole purpose to resell it in a short time frame) of crops, livestock, processed agricultural commodities, horticultural (including quarry rock), floricultural and forestry items. NOTE: SAE’s that include the production or processing of the previous items, it does not belong in this award area.
What is AGRICULTURAL SALES
200
• Income generated outside of the SAE. Misc. income is divided into 3 columns: Ag not related to SAE, Gifts and unearned income, and Non-Ag income. • Income could come from wages from another job (Ag or Non-Ag), allowances, gift money, etc. They then need to be recorded in the correct column of this section. • This is DOUBLE ENTRY. Record it in the total column then in one of the 3 other columns. • If you do not have any misc. income for a grading period you need to mention that fact to the instructor for grading purposes.
What is Misc. Income
200
Honors students whose SAEs helped them capitalize on overlooked opportunities in the marketplace.
What is Agri-entrepreneurship Awards
200
An SAE is planned practical activities conducted when
What is Outside Class time
300
___________programs involve the placement of students on farms and ranches, in agricultural businesses, in school laboratories or in community ?facilities to provide a "learning by ?doing" environment. This is done ?outside of normal classroom ?hours and may be paid?or non-paid.
What is Placement
300
includes programs that use the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market dairy cattle and dairy cattle products.
What is DAIRY PRODUCTION
300
• This is where you record the money that you spend unrelated to your SAE project. • It includes personal and educational expenses. • If you purchased a vehicle it would go here. • Taxes would go here. • If you do not have any personal expenses for a grading period you need to mention that fact to the instructor for grading purposes.
What is Personal Expenses
300
Recognizes FFA members who understand risk management principles and how to apply them to their SAEs.
What is Risk Management Essay Contest
300
Before the student begins their project they must
What is they must submit the SAE Planning Guide for a grade.
400
The student plans, implements, operates and assumes financial risks in a farming activity or agricultural business. In Entrepreneurship programs, the student owns the materials and other required inputs and keeps financial records to determine return to investments.
What is Entrepreneurship
400
using of the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market a combination of two or more livestock related proficiency areas, such as beef, dairy, sheep, swine, equine, specialty animal, small animal production and care, or poultry. Note: It is not required that the student have two livestock enterprises within the same calendar year.
What is DIVERSIFIED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
400
• Depreciation is the decrease in value of a capital item (such as equipment, vehicle, stock, etc.) Depreciation is an expense that a business can deduct from its gross earnings as taxable income is being determined. • Depreciation is normally limited to capital items (such as equipment, building, vehicles- if business related only) and breeding stock. • Use the straight-line method of depreciation for your SAE. • If you do not have any inventory that is depreciated you need to put an ending date of 12/31/XX and in the item description type NONE. You should also make sure you mention that fact to the instructor for grading purposes.
What is Depreciation Schedule
400
The highest honor an FFA member can receive. Recipients must demonstrate managerial and financial expertise through their SAE.
What is the American FFA Degree
400
Record books can be done either ________________
What is online or on paper
500
__________SAE activities are designed primarily to help students become literate in agriculture and/or become aware of possible careers in agriculture. Exploratory SAE activities are appropriate for beginning agricultural students but is not ?restricted to beginning students.
What is Exploratory
500
using the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market goats and all goat products.
What is GOAT PRODUCTION
500
• This financial statement is a form that helps determine Net Worth (Assets-Liabilities). Assets are items that are worth value such as supplies, equipment, cash, etc. Liabilities are items that you owe money on such as loans for equipment, etc. • This should be done on 1/1/XX and again on 12/31/XX. For starting next years, use the ending net worth for the past year as the beginning net worth for the current year. • The online SAE book will also total all columns up and complete the financial analysis for you automatically. • This page only contains the asset portion of the net worth statement.
What is Financial Statement- Summary of Assets
500
Star award finalists are selected based on the quality of their American FFA Degree applications.
What is American Star Awards
500
SAE Stands for?
What is Supervised Agriculture Experience