Supervised Agriculture Experience Program

1. Supervised Agriculture Experience Program

2. The Ag. Education Diagram

3. The Ag. Education Triangle Classroom

4. The Ag. Education Triangle Classroom FFA

5. The Ag. Education Triangle Classroom FFA SAEP

6. What is an SAEP? • The application of concepts learned in agricultural education. • It helps students develop skills and abilities leading toward a career.

7. Four types of SAEP • Placement • Entrepreneurship • Exploratory • Agriscience

8. Placement • Students work for someone other than themselves • On farms, ranches, and agricultural businesses

9. Entrepreneurship • Students work for themselves • Own and manage their own enterprises.

10. Exploratory • Provides students with opportunities to creatively explore subjects and careers in agriculture.

11. Agriscience • Students perform a scientific experiment and compile their findings

12. Why should I participate in an SAEP? • Make choices • Decision making skills • Expand ag. competencies • Gain self confidence

13. Why should I participate in an SAEP? • Human relation skills • Explore careers • Occupational experiences • Record keeping skills

14. Why should I participate in an SAEP? • Individualized learning • Responsibility • Ownership • Independence • Work ethic

15. Examples of Exploratory • Observe and/or assist a worker in your chosen career field. • Writing colleges or universities about careers offered in agriculture • Take a personal inventory to determine occupations of interest • Interview a professional in agriculture

16. Examples of Exploratory • Prepare a paper on careers including salaries and educational requirements • Read a book or magazine on the career and write a report about that career • Tour an agricultural operation or business • “Surf” the internet looking for opportunities and information in your career area.

17. Examples of Entrepreneurship SAE • Livestock Production • beef, sheep swine, dairy, poultry, goats • Crop Production • grains, fibers, row crops, fruit • Ag. Processing • cheese, honey, firewood, cedar posts

18. Examples of Entrepreneurship SAE • Agribusiness • turf installation, tree care, telemarketing, small engine repair, bee keeping, worm farm • Recreational or Specialty animals • horses, dogs, cats, ostriches, llamas, pheasants, etc.

19. Examples of Entrepreneurship SAE • Recreational Business • hunting or fishing guide, etc. • Specialty Crops • Animals for laboratories and pet stores

20. Examples of Placement SAEP • Agribusiness • Feed, seed, fertilizer • Equipment, parts, repair • Vet clinic • Lumber yard • Landscape, florist, greenhouse

21. Examples of Placement SAEP • Agribusiness • Milk, meat, feed processing • Conservation, park, or forest service • Auctioneer • Breeding/A.I. service

22. Examples of Placement SAEP • Production • Greenhouse, nursery, turf farm • Aquaculture • Dairy farm or livestock operation • Farms - vegetables, grain, fruit

23. Examples of Agriscience SAEP • Experiment with different seeds to determine germination rates • Determine which feed is best for show lambs • Test different antibacterial soaps

24. What do Improvement Activities have to do with SAEP’s 1. Help to improve the appearance and value of an agribusiness 2. Improve the efficiency of an agricultural operation 3. Make the agricultural operators work more comfortable, safe, or convenient

25. Examples of Improvement Activities • Use of computers to improve efficiency and increase profits • Keep records • Maintain facilities and equipment • Conduct soil tests

26. Examples of Improvement Activities • Improve tool storage/shop efficiency • Build gates, latches, holding pens, etc. • Plan safety practices • Paint, clean-up, control weeds

27. Things to consider when choosing an SAEP • Personal Interest (MOST IMPORTANT) • Background and Knowledge • Finances Available • Facilities Available • Transportation needs and availability • Local Agriculture Dept. Requirements

28. Factors to Consider when planning a Long-term SAEP • Areas of Interest • Occupational objective • Facilitates and finances available • Net income expected • Degree of independence expected • Scope of program in four years • Support of parents or other parties

29. Occupational Objective • A person’s career goal

30. Enterprise • One part of the total business for which records are kept • Example: On a farm -- wheat, barley, alfalfa. On a ranch -- cattle, sheep

31. Scope • How many or how much • 36 Head, 40 acres, etc.

32. Beginning Inventory • Itemized list of assets and their value at the start of the record keeping period

33. Ending Inventory • An itemized list of assets and their values at the closing of the record keeping period

34. Asset • An item of value that is owned or claimed as part of the business • What you own

35. Liabilities • Financial claims against a business • What you owe

36. Net worth • The difference between total assets and total liabilities • What you own minus what you owe

37. Unit • Any fixed quantity, amount, distance or measure used for counting or measuring • Pound, bushels, acres, head, etc.

38. Unit Price • Monetary value assigned to a unit • $4.00/bushel • $.92/pound