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  1. Cluster Skills (cross all agriculture pathways)
    Work productively with a group or independently.
    Explore various career interests/options.
    Use proper safety practices/personal protective equipment.


  1. Agribusiness
    Identify organizational structures and chains of command in AFNR businesses.
    Maintain production and agribusiness records. (Possibly a Rubric to evaluate/score SAE record books.)
    Budget resources, as applied to the AFNR business, including capital, human, financial and time.
    Identify financial concepts associated with production and profit.
    Investigate the meaning and methods of marketing in AFNR as related to agricultural commodities, products and services and to agricultural goods in domestic and international markets.


  1. Animal Science
    Explain methods of determining animal health and disorders.
    Explain the importance of biosecurity to the animal industry.
    Explain the importance of a balanced ration for animals.
    Explain the male and female reproductive organs of the major animal species.
    Identify facilities needed to house and produce each animal species safely and efficiently.
    Explain how modern equipment and handling facilities enhance the safe and economic production of animals.


  1. Environmental (soil and water)
    the process of soil formation through weathering.
    Identify land uses, capability factors and land capability classes.
    Describe interactions between groundwater and surface water.
    Describe the functions of wetlands and differentiate types of wetlands.
    Explain the importance of wetland management, creation, enhancement and restoration programs.
    Identify types of pollution and distinguish between point source and nonpoint source pollution.
    Explain the importance of recycling.


  1. Agronomy - Horticulture
    Identify the components, the types and the functions of plant roots.
    Identify the components and the functions of plant stems.
    Discuss leaf morphology and the functions of leaves.
    Explain the basic process of photosynthesis and its importance to life on Earth.


  1. Ag Mech
    Identify renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and pathways of delivery.
    Prepare bills of materials to accompany plans and sketches.
    Construct and/or repair with wood and metal.


  1. Ag Product Processing
    Identify and explain environmental and safety concerns about the food supply.
    Explain techniques and procedures for the safe handling of food products.
    Identify quality and yield grades of food products.
    Identify and explain common weights and measures used in the food products and processing industry.





Dale Gruis
Instructor
Collins-Maxwell MS/HS
IA