Record Keeping Goal 4.00

Types of SAE Entrepreneurship- planning, implementing, operating, and assuming financial risks in an agricultural business or farming activity such as raising turfgrass or operating a turfgrass farm Experimental- planning and conducting an agricultural experiment using the scientific process or scientific method such as comparing different kinds of turfgrass Analytical – identify an agricultural problem that cannot be solved by experiments and design a plan to investigate and analyze the problem such as turfgrass marketing displays or a golf course plan

Types of SAE Placement – placing students in jobs outside of regular classroom hours and may be paid or unpaid work such as working as a golf course superintendent’s assistant Exploratory – helps students learn about agriculture and become aware of possible agricultural careers through short times spent observing, shadowing, or helping such as attending a career day, or interviewing a golf course superintendent Improvement – a series of activities that improves the value or appearance of the place of employment, school, home or community, the efficiency of a business or an enterprise, or the living conditions of the family. Examples include building a fence, computerizing records, remodeling a building or repairing equipment

How to correctly record entries in the SAE Record Enterprise – type of enterprise, amount bought or sold, expenses, income, efficiency factors, etc. Experimental – review of literature, hypothesis, data log, findings, recommendations, etc. Analytical – title of activity, identification of problems, background information, steps to solve problem, project log of what was done, results and recommendations Placement – training agreement signed by student, teacher, employer and parent or guardian stating which each will do, record of work, hours and $

How to correctly record entries in the SAE Record Exploratory – date, activity, observation and comments, hours Improvement – date started, date completed, improvement activity and steps or tasks involved in the project, hours, costs Supplementary – date, supplementary activities and comments, hours

Record Keeping Goal 5.00

Record Keeping Terms Asset – something tangible of value that a person owns 1. current – items quickly converted to cash or that will be sold within 12 months – examples: cash, checking, savings, stocks and non-depreciable inventory of crops, etc. 2. Non-current – items that have a useful life of more than one year – examples: land, machinery, etc.

Record Keeping Terms Liability – debts 1. Current – debts that are due to be paid this year – examples: fertilizer bills, tractor and building payments, and part of mortgage due this year 2. Non-current – debts not due this year – examples: mortgages not including this year’s payment

Record Keeping Terms Net Worth = total assets minus total liabilities Current assets + non-current assets = total assets Current liabilities + non-current liabilities = total liabilities

Record Keeping Terms Inventory – an itemized list of things owned by a business with the beginning value and depreciated value 1. Non-depreciable – items that will be used up or sold within a year – example: fertilizer, etc. 2. Depreciable – items that have a useful life of more than one year and lose value because of age, wear or becoming out-of-date because of technology advancements. Land is NOT depreciable property