What Can I do in the FFA?
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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.
Welding
 2. Small
Engines
 3. Electricity
 4. Carpentry
 5. 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
2
1
Name the
crops that are
pictured.
3
4
Weed Identification
1
Identify these 4
weeds.
3
2
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
now!
the questions on your paper
Floriculture
 Plant
material ID
 Flower
Evaluation
 Arranging
Experience
Flower Identification
2
1
Identify these 4
flowers.
3
4
Horse Evaluation
 Riding
Classes
 Halter Classes
Horse Judging
1
3
2
Livestock Evaluation
 Evaluation
of
 Cattle
 Sheep
 Swine
 Oral
Reasons
 Question classes
1
Livestock Judging
3
2
Please rank these
pigs based
upon their
confirmation
(straight
back/strong
legs), health,
muscle, and4
which one you
think is the
best.
Livestock
Judging
1
3
Please rank these
cattle based upon
their confirmation
(straight back/strong
legs), health, and
which one you think
is the best.
2
4
1
Livestock Judging
3
2
Please rank these
sheep based
upon their
confirmation
(straight
back/strong
legs), health,
muscle, and4
which one you
think is the
best.
Meat Evaluation
 Wholesale
 Retail
cuts
cuts
 Pork - Lamb –
Beef Carcass
Meat Judging
1
2
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….