SAE stands for Supervised Agricultural Experience. Each FFA member has to partake in an SAE within the six categories (Service Learning, School-Based Enterprise, Research, Placement/Internship, Ownership/Entrepreneurship, and Foundational SAE). SAEs are designed to open doors to multiple career paths for students and teach them necessary skills and qualities they will need in the future.
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This page is dedicated to our Alumni members SAE's as an example for others!
Jacob Bechtold - Class of 2018
Jacob's SAE is in Swine Production Placement. For two years Jacob worked for Desousa Livestock, and he powerwashed and cleaned hog confinements.
Gabriel Hines - Class of 2020
Gabriel's SAE is in Ag Business Placement. For two years Gabriel worked at Casey's General Store, and he assisted in the kitchen, and also worked as a cashier.
Sarah Roberts - Class of 2021
Sarah's SAE project is in Ag Business Placement. She works at a pumpkin farm during the fall and helps with projects during the Farm Crawl through the University of Northern Iowa. In this photo, you can see Sarah is helping children make pumpkin pie in a cup.
Tyson Fleshner - Class of 2021
Tyson's SAE is in Poultry Production Entrepreneurship. He is raising 4 laying hens and cares for them. He exhibits his chickens at the Benton County Fair each summer. In this photo, you can see Tyson holding a chick.
Adam Ahrendsen - Class of 2021
Adam's SAE is in Goat Production Entrepreneurship. For the past couple of years, Adam has been breeding his herd of goats and showing them at local fairs. He started his herd with two goats, and now he has over thirty in his herd! Adam sells his goats to other 4-H members to show as well. In this photo, you can see Adam standing with his goats.
Gabe Hanson - Class of 2022
Gabe's SAE is Beef Production Entrepreneurship. On his family's farm, Gabe raises beef cattle and shows at the Benton County Fair each summer. This photo shows Gabe handling a calf.
Jocelyn Gates - Class of 2022
Jocelyn's SAE is in Goat Production Entrepreneurship. For the last five years, Jocelyn has been raising goats. She has approximately thirty goats in her herd. When she decides it's time, she sells the goats. In this photo, you can see Jocelyn holding one of her goats.
Brady Spence - Class of 2023
Brady's SAE is in Ag Business Placement. For two years Brady worked at Hanson's Hollow. Where he helped pick, clean, and display product being sold.
Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance
Brock Ruzicka - Class of 2024
Brock's SAE is in ag mechanics repair and maintenance. Brock currently works for Leob Farms. He is a mechanic, Machine operator, and manual laborer. During the spring he cleans and prepares equipment to go out and plant the fields. During the summer he cleans, fixes, and repairs equipment, tools, and resources. During the fall he works long hours to harvest and prepare equipment to finish the season. During the winter he upgrades, fixes, and repairs equipment for Leob Farms. In this photo, you can see Brock working on farm equipment near a silo.
Equine Science Placement
Brooklyn Hubbard - Class of 2024
Brooklyn's SAE is in Equine Science Placement. She shows her horse in different shows during the spring, summer, and fall. Brooklyn owns five horses, but at the moment is only showing one. In this photo, you can see Brooklyn on her horse, Izzy.
Vegetable Production Entrepreneurship
Olivia Hanson - Class of 2024
Olivia's SAE is in Vegetable Production Entrepreneurship. Olivia helps grow and sell pumpkins at her family's pumpkin farm. She plants, weeds, picks, cleans, displays, and sells her pumpkins. In this photo, Olivia is sitting with a decorative scarecrow and some pumpkins she grew.
Beef Production Placement
Sydney Anton - Class of 2024
Sydney's SAE is in Beef Production Placement. She helps raise the cattle on her family farm. When the cattle are fully grown, Sydney sells them for beef. In this photo you can see Sydney with some of her cattle in the background.
Small Animal Production & Care Placement
Lauren Youngblut - Class of 2024
Lauren's SAE is in Small Animal Production and Care Placement. Lauren is currently raising two rabbits and is planning to show them in local county fairs in the future. In this photo you can see Lauren holding her rabbit, Skittles.
Poultry Production
Alison Gleason - Class of 2024
Alison's SAE is in Poultry Production. Alison currently owns four chickens. She loves her chickens and is having lots of fun learning how to raise and take care of them. Alison mainly uses her chickens as egg layers. She loves to share her eggs with the community. Alison is pictured here with her chickens!
Small Animal Production & Care Entrepreneurship
Ava Mills - Class of 2024
Ava's SAE is in Small Animal Production and Care Entrepreneurship. Ava currently owns eight rabbits that she has raised and is now showing at local county fairs. She occasionally will breed her rabbits and sell the bunnies when old enough. In this picture, you can see Ava and three of her rabbits that she showed at the Benton County fair.
Grain Crops Production Placement
Sam Fehl - Class of 2024
Sam's SAE is in Grain Crops Production Placement. Sam works at Tall Pine Iron LLC where he works as a farm hand and operates equipment. In this picture, you can see Sam operating the grain cart during harvest.