SAE Program

1. SAE Program Biotechnology & Agriscience Research I Unit B – Records in the Biotechnology Industry Objective 5.01-5.02, 6.01

2. What is a SAE? • Supervised Agriculture Experiences are conducted outside of the regularly scheduled classroom or laboratory. • SAE makes up the third part in the total agricultural program. • Classroom (laboratory) – Class instruction makes up one part. • FFA – Student leadership organization used in conjunction with SAE and class instruction. • SAE is for every student.

3. Purposes of SAE • 1. Provides opportunities to explore a variety of subjects about agriculture. • 2. Provides educational and practical experience in a specialized area of agriculture. • 3. Provides opportunities for earning while learning. • 4. Teaches students to keep good records in a record system (computer where applicable). • 5. Win FFA awards (FFA proficiency awards are based on SAE).

4. Main Types Entrepreneurship Placement Other Types Exploratory Improvement Experimental Analytical Supplementary Types of SAE

5. Proficiency Awards • When a student selects an SAE, he/she will be expected to fill out a proficiency award application in their particular SAE area.

6. Agricultural Education Agricultural Mechanics Agricultural Sales Aquaculture Beef Production Dairy Production Diversified Horticulture Equine Science Fiber and Oil Crop Production Floriculture Forage Production Forest Management Fruit Production Grain Production Home/Community Development Landscape Outdoor Recreation Poultry Production Sheep Production Small Animal Care Swine Production Vegetable Production Wildlife Management Proficiency Award Areas 51 areas

7. Entrepreneurship • Planning, implementing, operating and assuming financial risks in an agricultural business or farming activity • Examples • creating and selling plant hybrids • breeding livestock for show/sale • Production or Agribusiness

8. Examples of Entrepreneurship • Production entrepreneurship – Raise an agricultural commodity for profit. • Examples are: produce vegetables, grow Christmas trees, raise horses or livestock, or grow field crops or nursery crops. • Agribusiness entrepreneurship SAE – Students buy and sell an agricultural commodity or service for profit. • Examples: pet business, crop scouting service, feed sales, or running a pay to fish operation.

9. Placement • Placing students in jobs outside the regular classroom hours and may be paid or unpaid work such as working at a seed company or animal research facility. • Examples: • Placement in Production – on a farm, ranch, greenhouse, or nursery, etc. • Placement in Agribusiness – at a veterinary center, florist, garden center, etc.

10. Exploratory • Helps students learn about agriculture and become aware of possible agricultural careers through short times spent observing, shadowing, or helping an individual in the field. Career days can also be an example. • Examples: Observing and/or assisting a florist, interviewing a bank loan officer, attending career day, job shadowing.

11. Improvement • A series of activities that improves the value or appearance of the place of employment, school, home, or community; the efficiency of a business or an enterprise; or the living conditions of the family • Examples include • building a fence • computerizing records, • remodeling a building • landscaping the home • painting a room • repairing a propagation bench.

12. Experimental • Planning and conducting an agricultural experiment using the scientific process or scientific method such as comparing different levels or protein on animal growth. • MOST COMMON IN BIOTECH • Example: Comparing the effects of various fertilizers on plant growth. • Agriscience Fair

13. Analytical • Identify an agricultural problem that cannot be solved by experiments and design a plan to investigate and analyze the problem such as a marketing display. • Example: Marketing plan for a poinsettia crop.

14. Supplementary • Performing one specific agricultural skill outside of normal class time. • Not related to the major SAE but is normally taught in an agricultural program. • Involves experiential learning and contributes to the development of agricultural skills and knowledge on the part of the students. • Accomplished in less than a day and does not require a series of steps such as pruning a tree, staking tomatoes, or changing oil.

15. Types of Entries • Enterprise— type of enterprise, amount bought or sold, expenses, income, efficiency factors, etc. • Experimental— review of literature, hypothesis, data log, findings, recommendations, etc. • Analytical— title of activity, identification of problem, background information, steps to solve problem, project log of what was done, results and recommendations.

16. Types of Entries (cont.) • Placement— training agreement signed by student, teacher, employer and parent or guardian stating which each will do, record of work, hours and income. • Exploratory— date, activity, observation and comments, hours. • Improvement— date started, date completed, improvement activity and steps or tasks involved in the project, hours, costs. • Supplementary— date, supplementary activities and comments, hours.

17. Record Keeping • Asset— something tangible of value that a person owns. • Current— items quickly converted to cash or that will be sold within 12 months— • Examples: cash, checking, savings, stock and nondepreciable inventory of lab supplies, perishables, etc. • Non-current— items that have a useful life of more than one year— • Examples: lab equipment, machinery, breeding livestock, etc.

18. Record Keeping • Liability- debts • Current— debts that are due to be paid this year— • Examples: fertilizer and feed bills, lab equipment and building payments and part of mortgage due this year. • Non-current — debts not due this year— • Examples: mortgages not including this year’s payment.

19. Record Keeping • New worth = total assets minus total liabilities. • NW = TA – TL • Current assets + non-current assets = total assets. • TA = CA – NCA • Current liabilities + non-current liabilities = total liabilities. • TL = CL – NCL

20. Record Keeping • Inventory— an itemized list of things owned by a business with the beginning value and depreciated value. • Non-depreciable— Items that will be used up or sold within a year— • Example: feed, supplies, etc. • Depreciable— items that have a useful life of more than one year and lose value because of age, wear or becoming out-of-date because of technology advancements. Land is NOT depreciable property.