Identify the FFA proficiency awards.

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Identify the FFA proficiency awards.
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Common Core/ Next Generation Science Standards
Addressed!

• WHST.9-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as
  needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting,
  or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing
  what is most significant for a specific purpose
  and audience. (HS-LS4-6)
• RST.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple
  sources of information presented in diverse
  formats and media (e.g., quantitative data,
  video, multimedia) in order to address a question
  or solve problem(HS-LS2-6),(HS-LS2-7),(HS-LS2-
  8)

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Bell Work

• What type of agriculture career would be
  appealing to you ? Why?
• How do you plan to develop your SAE program?
• What category of SAE program would be most
  appealing you you?

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What are the various FFA proficiency awards
available to FFA members?
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The FFA provides an agricultural proficiency
award program to recognize members who have an
outstanding Supervised Agriculture Experience
Program, in over 30 areas each year.
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A. The proficiency awards are given for
entrepreneurial and placement programs, ag.
business and ag. science categories.
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B. Students compete on chapter, state, and
national levels based on records kept.New Mexico
uses the AET Tracker system.AET is now the base
program for all FFA applications all the way to
the national level.The AET record system is
available to all New Mexico FFA members free of
charge! Check with your advisor!
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Chapter Proficiency Awards

• Local award pins are furnished by the national
  FFA organization free of charge to local advisors
  via their ACN login on the national FFA website.

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Remember!

• Most FFA Agriculture proficiency awards have two
  categories!
• Placement
• Entrepreneurship

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Agricultural Communications -

• Students placed at a radio, newspaper, magazine,
  or TV stations.

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2. Agricultural Mechanical/Technical Systems -

• Involves design, construction, repair, and
  maintenance of electrical motors, agricultural
  equipment, and structures.

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3. Agricultural Processing -

• Students working in assembling, transporting,
  grading, inspecting, processing, fabrication,
  mixing, patching, storing, and marketing foodand
  nonfood agricultural products.

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4. Agricultural Sales and/or Service-

• Students who are working in the sale of feed,
  seed, fertilizer or agricultural chemicals,
  equipment, agricultural management and finance
  services, animal breeding services, horse shoeing
  and taxidermy.

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5. Beef Production-

• Involves beef producing and marketing.

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6. Cereal Grain Production-

• Students who produce cereal grain crops such as
  wheat, rice, and rye.

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7. Dairy Production-

• Students involved with marketing and producing
  dairy cattle and products.

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8. Diversified Crop Production-

• Students who produce and market a combination of
  two or more crop enterprises.

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9. Diversified Livestock Production-

• Students involved with producing and marketing a
  combination of two or more livestock enterprises.

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1 Emerging Agricultural Technology-

• Students working for wages or experience in new
  and emerging agriculture technologies that are
  not covered in existing award categories.

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11. Environmental Science-

• Members receiving practical experiences
  concerning the principles and practices of
  managing and /or improving the environment.

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12. Equine Science-

• Students involved with horses.

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13. Feed Grain Production-

• Students producing or marketing such crops as
  corn, barley, millet, buckwheat, oats and grain
  sorghum.

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14. Fiber Crop Production-

• Students who market or produce such crops as
  sisal, cotton, and hemp.

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15. Floriculture-

• Students who produce and market field or
  greenhouse flowers, foliage, and related plant
  materials for ornamental purposes.

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16. Food Science Technology-

• members who work for wages or experience in the
  production and marketing of quality foods for
  human consumption.

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17. Forage Production-

• A program including the producing an/or marketing
  of such crops as alfalfa, clover, brome-grass,
  grain forages, corn and grass silage and all
  pastures.

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18. Forest Management-

• Students using forest management practices
  available to conserve or increase the economic
  value of a forest.

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19. Fruit and /or Vegetable Production-

• Students who produce or market common fruit and
  vegetable crops.

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20. Home and/or Community Development-

• Members who have worked on inspiring and
  protecting the beauty of an area by using natural
  vegetation or commercial ornamental plants and/or
  modernizing the home for better health and
  comfort.

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21. Landscape Management-

• Includes planting and maintaining turf, plants
  and shrubs, landscaping and outdoor
  beautification, and improvement of recreational
  areas.

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22. Nursery Operations-

• Students who work with turf plants, shrubs,
  and/or tree production for the purpose of
  transplanting or propagation.

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23. Oil Crop Production-

• Program which includes producing and marketing
  oil crops such as soybeans, flax, mustard,
  canola, caster beans, sunflower, peanuts, and
  safflower.

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24. Outdoor Recreation-

• Students with programs that involve outdoor
  recreational activities as the primary use.

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25. Poultry Production-

• Students involved with producing and or marketing
  poultry products and or poultry.

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26. Sheep Production-

• Students with programs that involve producing and
  marketing lamb, sheep, wool, and mutton.

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27. Small Animal Care -

• Students providing services in caring for the
  well being of pets.

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28. Soil and Water Management-

• Students employed in management practices that
  will prevent erosion, improve soil productivity,
  promote efficient use of water resources and
  reduce water pollution.

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29. Specialty Animal Production-

• Students involved with the production and/or
  marketing of specialty animals.

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30. Special Crop Production-

• Students who market and/or produce such crops as
  sugar beets, tobacco, popcorn, maple syrup,
  indian corn, dill oil, all grass seeds,spearmint
  oil, mushroom, sugar cane or hops.

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31. Swine Production-

• Students involved with the production and/or
  marketing of swine.

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32. Turf Grass Management-

• Students involved in the production, management
  and care of turf. Yard care, lawn mowing,
  fertilization.

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33. Wildlife Management-

• Members involved with work that improves the
  availability of fish and wildlife.