SAE (Supervised Agriculture Experience)

1. SAE(Supervised Agriculture Experience)

2. What is an SAE? • An SAE is a planned practical activity conducted outside of the classroom in which FFA members develop and apply their agricultural skills.

3. Six Types of SAE • Entrepreneurship • Placement • Research • Experimental • Non-experimental • Exploratory • Improvement • Supplemental

4. Entrepreneurship • 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. • Examples: • Growing an acre of corn • Operating a Christmas tree farm • Raising a litter of feeder pigs • Running a pay-to-fish operation • Growing bedding plants in the school greenhouse • Owning and operating a lawn care service • A group of students growing a crop of poinsettias

5. Placement • Placement programs involve the placement of students on farms and ranches, in agricultural businesses, in school laboratories or in community. • This is done outside of normal classroom hours and may be paid or non-paid. • Examples: • Placement in a florist shop • Working after school at a veterinarian clinic. • Working on Saturdays at a riding stable • Working in the school greenhouse after school and on weekends and holidays • Placement on a general livestock farm • Volunteering at the local animal shelter

6. Research • An extensive activity where the student plans and conducts an agricultural experiment using the scientific process. • There are two major types of Research Projects - Experimental and Non-Experimental. • Experimental Research Examples • Comparing the effect of various planting media on plant growth • Determining the impact of different levels of protein on fish growth • Comparing three rooting hormones on root development • Determining the strength of welds using different welding methods • Non-Experimental Examples: • A marketing plan for an agricultural commodity • A series of newspaper articles about the environment • A land use plan for a farm • A landscape design for a community facility • An advertising campaign for an agribusiness

7. Exploratory • Exploratory 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. • Exploratory Examples: • Observing and/or assisting a florist • Growing plants in a milk jug "greenhouse" • Assisting on a horse farm for a day • Interviewing an agricultural loan officer in a bank • Preparing a scrapbook on the work of a veterinarian • Attending an agricultural career day

8. Improvement • Improvement activities include a series of learning activities that improves the value or appearance of the place of employment, home, school or community. • Improvement Examples: • Landscaping the home • Building a fence • Cleaning and replanting the community park. • Overhauling a piece of equipment • Renovating and restocking a pond • Creating a website for an agricultural business

9. Supplemental • A supplementary activity is one where the student performs specificagriculturalskills outside of normal class time. • The completion of the skills help to enhance the overall SAE • Supplementary Examples: • Pruning a fruit tree • Changing oil in a sod cutter • Balling & burlapping a tree • Helping a neighbor castrate pigs • Cutting firewood with a chain saw • Staking tomatoes

10. Angelina County Youth Fair • SAE’s here will be shown through the ACYF. There are a wide range of projects you can participate in. • Projects are judged and placed into a ranking based on their characteristics. The best projects will make the sale.

11. Angelina County Youth Fair • Livestock: • Steers • Market Goats • Market Hogs • Market Lambs • Market Rabbits • Breeding Rabbits • Broilers • Beef Breeding • Commercial Heifers • Foal Futurity • Other Projects: • Ag Mechanics • Fine Arts • Family & Consumer Sciences

12. Steers • Average cost of animal • $2,500 • Will need pen that has shelter and room to move around • Average feed cost • $15-$25/ bag • Auction price • $3,000-$6,000

13. Market Goats • Average cost of animal • $250 • Will need pen that has shelter and room to move around • Average feed cost • $15-$25/ bag • Auction price • $500-$1200

14. Market Hogs • Average cost of animal • $300 • Will need pen that has shelter and room to move around • Average feed cost • $15-$25/ bag • Auction price • $500-$1200

15. Market Lambs • Average cost of animal • $250 • Will need pen that has shelter and room to move around • Average feed cost • $15-$25/ bag • Auction price • $500-$1200

16. Market Rabbits • Average cost of animal • $40 • Will need cages suspended off of ground • Average feed cost • $15-$25/ bag • Auction price • $400-$1000

17. Breeding Rabbits • Average cost of animal • $40 • Will need cages suspended off of ground • Average feed cost • $15-$25/ bag • Does not sale, but is showed in other shows than just our county show

18. Broilers • Cost of pen of 25 birds • $75 • Will need pen that is well insulated to hold heat at about 95 degrees. • Average feed cost • $15-$25/ bag • Auction price • $400-$1500

19. Commercial Heifers • Average cost of animals • $2000 • Will need pen and pasture available • Average feed cost • $10-$20/ bag • Auction price • $800-$3000 • Depends on if you decide to sale the heifers or keep them

20. Beef Breeding Heifers • Average cost of animal • Whatever you want to spend • Will need pen that has shelter and room to move around • Average feed cost • $15-$25/ bag • Does not sale, but is showed in other shows than just our county show

21. Ag Mechanics • Build a project in the shop • Does not sale, only receives a ribbon • Best of Show in each category receives prizes • Categories • Ag Machinery and Equipment • Livestock Equipment • Tractor Restoration • Trailer • Home and Recreational Use