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FFA SAE Types

The kinds of FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience: exploratory, placement, ownership, research, school-based, service-learning and combined.

Exploratory, placement and ownership SAEs

• Exploratory SAE Project Ideas for FFA MembersTry agriculture on for size before committing to a path.
• Placement SAE Project Ideas for FFA MembersWork for someone else and learn how a real operation runs.

Research-based SAEs

• Ownership and Entrepreneurship SAE Project IdeasYour animals, your plants, your books, your risk.
• Analytical Research SAE Project Ideas for FFAAn overview of the project and how a new member gets started gathering and studying data.
• Experimental Research SAE Project Ideas for FFAShowing your work: how to document, present and enter an experiment.
• Invention SAE Project Ideas for FFA MembersA multi-year path from rough idea to tested prototype and beyond.

School-based and service-learning SAEs

• School-Based Enterprise SAE Project Ideas for FFARun a real business out of the ag shop, greenhouse or school farm.
• Service-Learning SAE Project Ideas for FFA MembersLearn agriculture by solving a problem for your community.

Combined SAEs

• Combined SAE Project Ideas: Placement Plus OwnershipWork for an employer and run your own enterprise at the same time.