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| An SAE program that involves communicating with the general public about agriculture qualifies for this proficiency area. Can involve working for an agriculture newspaper, magazine, radio or TV station, county or state fair media room or other business. | Agricultural Communications |
| An SAE program that involves education and extension including but not limited to: youth mentoring; agricultural education department assistants; Partners in Active Learning Support (PALS) mentors and student coordinators; developing information materials and making presentations to educate the public about the broad topics of agriculture, agricultural education and FFA. | Agricultural Education |
| SAE programs that involve the design and construction of agricultural equipment and/or structures qualify for this proficiency. | Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication |
| This proficiency includes SAEs that work with power in an agricultural setting; it can involve the adjustments, repairs and maintenance of agricultural power systems, including mechanical power, electrical power, chemical power, wind power, solar power and/or water power. | Agricultural Mechanics Energy Systems |
| SAE programs that involve owing a business that does repairing and maintenance of agricultural equipment qualify for this proficiency. It can include lawn equipment and/or structures. | Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance – Entrepreneurship |
| SAE programs that involve a paid or unpaid experience working for an individual or business doing repair and maintenance of agricultural equipment qualify for this proficiency. It can include lawn equipment and/or structures. | Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance – Placement |
| SAE programs that involve assembling, transporting, processing, fabricating, mixing, packaging and storing food and nonfood agricultural products qualify for this proficiency. | Agricultural Processing |
| SAE programs that involve working for yourself selling agricultural products such as feed, seed, fertilizer or chemicals qualify your for this proficiency. The program might also involve owing a business that sells agricultural equipment, machinery or structures. | Agricultural Sales-Entrepreneurship |
| SAE programs that qualify for this proficiency involve either owing a business or working for an individual or business In an area that includes but is not limited to: custom equipment operation and maintenance, agricultural management and financial services, agricultural education-related services, animal breeding services, auction services, custom bailing, crop scouting, horseshoeing, taxidermy services, animal hospital services, custom and contract feeding services or other appropriate services offered through agricultural enterprises. | Agricultural Services |
| An SAE that involves owning your own business and using the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market beef will qualify you for this proficiency. | Beef Production- Entrepreneurship |
| To qualify for this proficiency, you must have an SAE program that involves owing your own business and using the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market dairy cattle and dairy products. | Dairy Production- Entrepreneurship |
| An SAE program that involves working for an individual or business and using the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market dairy cattle and dairy products qualifies your for this proficiency. | Dairy Production- Placement |
| This proficiency is an SAE that involves owning your own business or working for an individual or business and using the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market a combination of two or more livestock and crop-related proficiencies. | Diversified Agricultural Production |
| An SAE program where you won your own business and use the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market two or more crop-related proficiencies. | Diversified Crop Production – Entrepreneurship |
| An SAE program where you work for an individual or business and use the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market two or more crop-related proficiencies. | Diversified Crop Production – Placement |
| This proficiency requires you to have an SAE program where you own your own business or work for a company and use the best practices available to efficiently manage two or more of the following proficiency areas: floriculture, landscape management, nursery operations or turf grass management. | Diversified Horticulture |
| This proficiency requires you to have an SAE program where you won your own business and use the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market a combination of two or more livestock-related proficiencies. | Diversified Livestock Production – Entrepreneurship |
| This proficiency requires you to have an SAE program where you work for an individual or business and use the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market a combination of two or more livestock-related proficiencies. | Diversified Livestock Production – Placement |
| SAE programs where you gain experience in agricultural technologies such as Agra science, biotechnology lab research, computers and other new and emerging technologies that are not covered in any of the existing award categories qualify you for this proficiency | Emerging Agricultural Technology |
| An SAE program where your receive practical experience with the principles and practices of managing and/or improving the environment and natural resources qualifies your for this proficiency. | Environmental Science and Natural Resources Management |
| Having an SAE program where you own a business that involves horse production, breeding, marketing, showing or other aspects of the equine industry qualifies you for this proficiency. | Equine Science- Entrepreneurship |
| Having and SAE program where you work for an individual or business that is involved with horse production, breeding, marketing, showing or other aspects of the equine industry qualifies you for this proficiency. | Equine Science- Placement |
| An SAE program that involves using the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market corps for fiber and/or oil. | Fiber and Oil Crop Production |
| An SAE program that involves using the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market field or greenhouse production of flowers (fresh and dried) or foliage and related plant material for ornamental purposes. | Floriculture |
| An SAE program that involves working for wages or experience by applying microbiology and biochemistry of food product research and development to important, nutrition, quality and/or value of food qualifies you for this proficiency. | Food Science and Technology |
| x | Forage Production |
| x | Forest Management and Products |
| x | Fruit Production |
| Student owns an enterprise or business–that applies the best | Grain Production – Entrepreneurship |
| Student works for a crop producer or grain production related | Grain Production – Placement |
| Activities that involve | Home and/or Community Development |
| Includes experiences of planting and | Landscape Management |
| Provides students with job-entry experience | Nursery Operations |
| Strives to develop outdoor recreational | Outdoor Recreation |
| Includes the best management practices | Poultry Production |
| Includes the best management practices | Sheep Production |
| Includes the best | Small Animal Production and Care |
| Applies the best management | Specialty Animal Production |
| Applies the best management practices | Specialty Crop Production |
| Student owns the enterprise that applies - the best | Swine Production – Entrepreneurship |
| Student works for an employer or does research and | Swine Production – Placement |
| Involves the planting and maintaining of | Turf Grass Management |
| Applies the best management practices | Vegetable Production |
| Includes working with veterinarians in | Veterinary Medicine |
| Strives to improve the | Wildlife Production and Management |
