SAE 3

Environmental Service Systems - Placement

• Research the effects of erosion on various cover crops.

• Run a soil testing service for town gardens or farm fields - take samples, send in and deliver results.

• Work for a testing laboratory.

• Lead farm safety program for elementary students

Food Products/Processing Systems - Research & Agriscience

• Research the development and use of edible soybeans.

• Process wild game for jerky.

• Start a service to grow gardens for the elderly.

• Assist with produce selection at a grocery store.

Animal Systems - Entrepreneurship

• Assist a horse group that works with disabled students.

• Provide a home for homeless pets.

• Organize and/or run a petting zoo at local fairs or farmer's markets.

• Conduct feed trials for growing broiler chickens.

Natural Resource Systems - Exploratory & Service

• Stock and maintain fish populations in ponds.

• Shadow officials at a government natural resources agency.

• Study soil profiles from multiple locations in your community and develop a soil map.

• Work at a nature center.

Plant Systems - Research & Agriscience

• Conduct timber cruise and mark timber to be thinned.

• Take pictures and make a CD for plant and insect identification.

• Grow organic vegetables for a local cafe.

• Test drought tolerance of different varieties of watermelons.

Business Systems - Entrepreneurship

• Be a sales associate at a garden or farm supply store.

• Operate a hay hauling service.

• Interview a salesperson at the local greenhouse about customer buying habits.

• Volunteer to assist FFA members with records and applications.

Environmental Service Systems - Exploratory & Service

• Develop and implement a farm safety class for elementary students.

• Research rate of accidents on area farms and compare to national averages

• Work as a trencher for waste water lagoons

• Provide a wood chipping service and sell the chips as mulch.

Power, Structural, Technical Systems - Placement

• Study the latest advancements of robotics in agriculture.

• Design, build and sell lawn ornaments.

• Construct prototypes of hydraulic systems.

• Wire buildings for lights and receptacles.

Food Products/Processing Systems - Exploratory & Service

• Deliver sweet corn to customers for a local grocer.

• Create posters that show foods from raw to finished product.

• Research the environmental effects on milk.

• Use unsaleable zucchini in baked goods as a side to vegetable production.

Animal Systems - Placement

• Train horses at a stable.

• Raise game fish for sale to stock ponds.

• Take small animals to nursing homes for visits.

• Research the best diet to help obese pets lose weight.