Intro to Ag - Unit 2 - SAE/Foundations of Agribusiness

What do the letters S.A.E. stand for?

• Supervised Agricultural Experience

• Supportive Agricultural Education

• Supervised Animal Experience

• Supervised Agricultural Entrepreneurship

What is an SAE?

• a class project which is always completed at school

• planned, practical activities conducted outside of class time

• activities that must only involve raising and showing livestock

• planned activities that your parents are obligated to help with and pay for

What are some benefits of having an SAE? (Select all that apply)

• make money

• explore careers

• win higher awards/degrees through FFA

• receive a grade/credit toward graduation

• gain job skills/training

What are the 4 types of SAEs?

• Entrepreneurship, Internship, Leadership, Exploratory

• Production, Livestock, Plants, Technology

• Entrepreneurship, Placement, Research, Exploratory/Foundational

• Production, Placement, Agriscience, Internship

An example of an Entrepreneurship SAE would be:

• John raises laying hens and sells the eggs to his neighbors

• Jill has a lawn mowing business in her community

• Jeff raises a garden every summer, then uses the produce to can and feed his family through the winter

• All of these are Entrepreneurship SAEs

An example of a Placement SAE is:

• working for Tractor Supply daily after school and on weekends

• raising and showing market lambs at the county fair

• conducting a research project on the best type of fertilizer for tomatoes

• planning a community service event for your FFA chapter

An example of a Research SAE is:

• logging journal hours after riding/training your family's horse

• working for the local florist

• raising breeding goats

• conducting an experiment to see which type of growing media for plants produces the most flower blooms

An Exploratory/Foundational SAE:

• requires a small time investment from the student (short-term project)

• requires little to no monetary ($) investment from the student

• helps students explore the world of agriculture and potential careers

• all of these are true of Exploratory SAEs

True or False: You have to live on a farm to conduct an SAE

• True

• False

True or False: You have to raise animals as part of your SAE

• True

• False