1. Placement
Entrepreneurship
Agriscience
Improvement
Exploratory

2. You work for a local mink farmer. You are paid hourly.
You work with your family to grow a vegetable garden every summer. You are not paid for your work except that you eat the food.
You work at IFA as a cashier and you stock shelves. You are paid hourly.
You work for a dairy farmer feeding calves every night. You are paid hourly.
You work for a local mink farmer. You are paid hourly.
You volunteer regularly at the humane society taking care of the dogs and cats. You are not paid for your time
You work as a vet assistant at a local veterinarian. You are paid hourly.
Placement
You work at the grocery store in the produce section. You are paid hourly.
You help your grandpa on his ranch every summer and on long weekends. You are not paid for your work.

3. You own a stud horse and charge horse owners for breeding services.
You save your money and purchase a female Bloodhound that you intend to breed and then sell the puppies for a profit.
You attend a horse auction and buy a horse that you intend to train and then re-sell for a profit.
You own a breeding sow that you breed twice per year to sell the piglets.
You operate a lawn care business and people hire you to mow and maintain their lawns.
You purchase a lawn aerator and go door to door selling aerator services in the spring
You grow wheat grass in the greenhouse and sell it to Jamba Juice to put in smoothies.
Entrepreneurship
You own a stud horse and charge horse owners for breeding services.
You raise, show, and sell rabbits that you own and breed.

4. You carry out a research project looking for the most efficient soil amendment for your sandy soil to increase water absorption.
You carry out an experiment to discover which brand of lamb feed will yield the highest rate of gain in your feeder lambs.
You study the effects of 3 different fertilizer application methods on your lawn to see which one is best.
You grow 4 varieties of geranium seeds to determine which variety has the highest germination rate.
You are welding free stalls for the local dairy farmer. You do an experiment to see which rod produces the strongest weld.
You plant 2 varieties of wheat in your field and compare the yield at the end of the summer to discover which variety produces the most wheat.
Agriscience
You want to determine if vegetable oil diesel will run as efficiently as regular diesel so you do an experiment.
You want to determine which type of show sheen will make your horse shine the most, so you test 3 types of sheen in 3 different weather conditions and record the results

5. You have a project to build a new dog kennel for your dogs.
Your SAE project is to help your family finish the basement of your house.
You build a new shed for your neighbor’s sheep.
You make new picnic benches to donate to the local park
You organize and carry out a project for your neighbor to remodel their milk barn to make it more efficient.
You build a barn for your pigs to help decrease their death loss of piglets in the winter.
Improvement
You install a new fence to improve your family’s landscape
You restore an old vehicle to make it functionable

6. Spend 1 day job shadowing a veterinarian to see if there are job opportunities you would enjoy
Spend a few days looking for information everything you would need to start a chicken coop to produce eggs
Job Shadow a salesman at John Deere to see what kind of projects you could pursue.
Attend a Career Fair for a day to learn more about agricultural jobs and industries where you would enjoy having a permanent SAE
Attend the County Fair Livestock Show to learn what you would need to do to raise a pig for the fair next year.
Spend a weekend with your friend on their cattle ranch to learn more about raising beef cows.
Exploratory
Help your friend change sprinkler pipe on the farm for a day and learn more about the growing seasons for alfalfa fields.
Help your neighbor feed their horses for a week so you can learn more about how to properly care for horses.