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Overview
The event objectives are for participants to demonstrate their ability to:
Analyze agriculture, farm, and ranch business management information
Apply economic principles and concepts of farm business management to the decision-making process
Evaluate agriculture business, and farm business management decisions
Work together cooperatively as a group
Rules
Each school shall enter a team composed of three or four members will the top three scores counting for the team total. Teams consisting of less than three members will participate in all events and will receive a "participation" ranking as a team. All participants will be eligible for individual awards.
Participants are to be in official FFA dress during the event.
During the team participation activity, there will be communication only between members of the same team. Communication with any other teams or individuals will be sufficient cause to eliminate the teams involved from the event.
Each participant will participate in all phases of the event.
Participants shall report to the chairperson of the event at the designated site between 7:15 AM and 8:00 AM on the event day. The event will begin promptly at 8:00 AM.
The Farm-Business Management Career Development Event will consist of two parts, a problem solving analysis part, and individual multiple-choice exam that includes problem-solving analysis, and a team participation activity.
Answer sheets, worksheets, and other written materials will be furnished for each event phase. Participants shall provide two shapended #2 pencils. Bubble sheets will be used to score the contest and participants are reminded that light markings or poorly erased markings may score an answer as incorrect.
Participants need not register for the State FFA Leadership Conference to be eligible to participate in the Iowa Farm Business Management Career Development Events. However, any member participating in the leadership events and or other State FFA Leadership activities must be registered prior to participation.
Calculators may be used with the FFA Career Development Events. They must be battery or solar operated, non-programmable and silent. Programmable calculators will be confiscated for the duration of the event. Calculators shall not be shared between participants. Any participant using a cell phone will be automatically disqualified. Cell phone calculators are not allowed.
There will be 150 minutes to complete the phases of the event. The phases will be completed in the following order:
Phase 1: Team Participation Activity (30 minutes which include time for separating teams)
Phase 2: Individual Exam (120 minutes)
All chapters will receive an e-mail of reference material that will be a specific source of information for that year's event. The reference material will be used specifically in the team participation activity, and it may also be included in the individual exam.