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What Can I do in the FFA?

Career Development

Events

Prepared Public Speaking

You have 2 months to prepare a speech

Deliver a speech Answer

Questions about your topic

Extemporaneous Public Speaking

Public Speaking Given a topic and

you have 20 minutes to create a 4 minute speech

Greenhand Creed Speaking

Only Greenhands can attend

Build self confidence

Agricultural Mechanics

1. Welding2. Small

Engines3. Electricity4. Carpentry5. Surveying

Tool Identification

What are these tools?

1 2

Tool Identification

What are these tools?

3 4

Dairy Animal Evaluation

Pick the best dairy cow in Lincoln in March!

Judge these Dairy Cows!

Now That’s A Dairy Cow!

Agricultural Sales

Customer Relations

Telephone Skills Marketing Skills Product Display Sales

Presentation

Soils Soil Profile Soil Textures Soil Structures Drainage

indication Soil Management Slope

Determination

Grains

34 Crop Seed Identification

60 Weed Slide Identification

Roughage Evaluation - Hay and Silage

Grain Evaluation - Corn, Soybeans, Oats, Wheat

Crop Judging

Name the crops that are

pictured.1

2

3

4

Weed Identification

Identify these 4 weeds.1

23

Dairy Foods

Taste ID 14 cheeses

Taste ID 10 milks Taste ID Real vs

Artificial products Dairy Foods

Exam

Dairy Products Judging

1

2

3

Ag Business Management

Management Knowledge about……

Insurance Finance /

Banking Marketing Cost Analysis

Ag Business Management

Answer the questions on your paper now!

Floriculture

Plant material ID Flower

Evaluation Arranging

Experience

Flower Identification

Identify these 4 flowers.

3 4

1

2

Horse Evaluation

Riding Classes Halter Classes

Horse Judging

1

2

3

Livestock Evaluation

Evaluation of Cattle Sheep Swine

Oral Reasons Question classes

Livestock Judging

Please rank these pigs based upon their

confirmation (straight back/strong legs),

health, muscle, and which one you think

is the best.

1

2

3

4

Please rank these cattle based upon their confirmation

(straight back/strong legs), health, and

which one you think is the best.

Livestock Judging1

2

34

Livestock Judging

Please rank these sheep based upon their confirmation

(straight back/strong legs), health, muscle, and which one you think is the best.

1

2

3

4

Meat Evaluation

Wholesale cuts Retail cuts Pork - Lamb –

Beef Carcass

Meat Judging

12 3

Parliamentary Procedure

Organize a Meeting Uphold the “rule” of

the Majority. Uphold the “rights”

of the minority Serve as

Chairperson Serve as Secretary Serve as a floor

member

Poultry

Poultry cuts Egg evaluation

Mrs. Waters Top Picks….