FFA I need help!!! I need an SAE!! Any Ideas?

Question

I am in the FFA and I am not old enough to get a job, I cant get livestock and i need an agricultural job or an SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) for Vo- Ag and I have no clue what to do! Any Ideas?

Answer 1

i was in your shoes about 30 years ago. do you have any where you can grow a garden then sell what you grow at a roadside market. our chapter had what it called chain giults(hogs) and chain ewe(sheep)i know work laws have chanaged since i was in ag. what advice does your vo-ag teacher have for you. i did work experience at a local horse farm(clean stalls on sat.)

Answer 2

There are thousands of ideas that you can do. I too am stuck on what to do for my SAE ideas. I started to do a bell pepper expermient but my bell pepers never grew. My SAE project is due in a few weeks and i have nothing. What you need to do is talk to your teacher about possible ideas. I talked with my teacher about this problem i too am facing and she has been very kind enough to help me out some. Maybe your teacher will do the same for you too. Below is a link of a website that has some SAE ideas. Hope the website helps!

Answer 3

A good SAE project for you no matter where you live would be Vermiculture or earthworm compost processing. I think it would fit under the SAE guidelines as Compost Processing and/or Specialty Animal Production.

Recycling the organic waste of a household into compost allows us to return badly needed organic matter to the soil. In this way, we participate in nature's cycle, and cut down on garbage going into burgeoning landfills.

Why Compost With Worms? Worm composting is a method for recycling food waste into a rich, dark, earth-smelling soil conditioner. The great advantage of worm composting is that this can be done indoors and outdoors, thus allowing year round composting. It also provides apartment dwellers with a means of composting. In a nutshell, worm compost is made in a container filled with moistened bedding and red worms. Add your food waste for a period of time, and the worms and micro-organisms will eventually convert the entire contents into rich compost.

You can make your project as small as composting your household garbage or as large as you want with animal manure, lawn clippings, raked leaves, and any organic waste you may need to dispose of.

If the great compost is not enough of a reward for you, you may be able to make a little cash by selling earthworms as fishing bait or to others wanting to start composting. If you go on a larger scale you'll even find a good market for organic compost. Good Luck.

Here are a couple of web sites to read to get started.

http://www.nc4h.org/teachers/enrichment/...

http://www.howtocompost.org/worm_compost...

Answer 4

First, talk with your ag teacher and see what options are available at the local level.

Second, check with county level individuals.  This includes your county extension agent, along with the local USDA offices { NRCS (National Resource Conservation Service), FSA (Farm Service Agency) and other groups.

Third, look into educational institutes (community colleges and universities).  Many of the professors have projects that go undone for lack of labor.

Another overlooked option is your local church.  Most farmers are fairly religious and many would love to work with a young man or woman on an agricultural project.

Finally, be inventive.  As the old saying goes; If there is a will, there is a way.

Another final option I used with my son.

Do a science project with plants.  Take a local crop (I love rye Secale cereale) and grow it in a small hand made hot house (green house), fertilize it with a common waste product and see if it increases or decreases growth.  Replicate it and report it as both an ag project and as in the local Science fair (double dipping and we do it all the time).

Good luck and be inventive!

Answer 5

Try calling your county extension office and asking for their advise.  I would suggest contact the nearest office of the usda to see if you could ride along with a usda egg inspector or meat inspector.  How about a local food bank they are always looking for volunteer help.   Good luck.