A major part of a student’s involvement in FFA is the participation and developing of their individualized Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE). SAE’s can encompass anything from livestock production, ag placement, entrepreneurial, exploratory or even service learning. If an eager youth can dream it, it is possible within a SAE.
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