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Agricultural Proficiency Awards Program

FFA member working on a project

The Agricultural Proficiency Award program recognizes excellence in supervised agricultural experience (SAE) programs.  FFA members are rewarded at the local, state and national levels for exceptional accomplishments in progressing toward agricultural careers

FFA members can select from two proficiency award categories.  The “placement” category is for work or experience-only SAE programs, such as working at a nursery or as an employee on a hog farm.  The “entrepreneurship,” category is for programs that typically involve ownership of an agricultural production or agribusiness enterprise. Such SAE programs could include crop or livestock production, a custom hay baling business, lawn mowing business, etc.

One easy way to determine the difference between these two is ownership.  For example, a student who works as a paid employee on a hog farm has a "placement" program; a student who owns and produces the hogs has an "entrepreneurship" program.  Categories are combined in areas where neither is noted.

FFA member floriculture project

State Awards

Plaques for the top three individuals in South Dakota in addition to $100 to the second place individual and $50 to the third place individual ($250 to the high individual comes from the National FFA if application competes nationally, or by SD FFA Foundation if application does not) are awarded through $325 sponsorships to the South Dakota FFA Foundation for Proficiency award areas.  If individuals are chosen as National Finalists, the sponsorship also covers a $100 travel scholarship for their interview at National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN.

 

South Dakota FFA 2011 Agricultural Proficiency Area Sponsors

(E = Entrepreneurship, P = Placement)

Ag Communications - E/P

Tri State Neighbor, Sioux Falls

Ag Education - E/P Dr. Lon Moeller

Ag Mechanics Design and Fabrication - E/P

Cammack Ranch Supply, Union Center

Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintenance - E

SD FFA Foundation

Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintenance - P SD FFA Foundation

Ag Mechanics Energy Systems - E/P

Scott Supply and SD FFA Foundation

Ag Processing - E/P

SD Soybean Processors, Volga

Ag Sales – E

Legend Seed, De Smet

Ag Sales – P

Hojer Gelbvieh Ranch, Lake Preston

Ag Services - E/P

Midwest Cooperatives, Pierre

Northern Plains Cooperative, Gettysburg

Eastern Farmers Cooperative, Garretson
 

Beef Production – E

 

 

 

Jensen Charolais, Lake Preston

Odden Charolais Ranch, Lake Preston

Stewart Charolais, Lake Preston

Vedvei Charolais, Lake Preston

Wienk Charolais, Lake Preston

Beef Production – P

SD Cattleman's Association

Dairy Production – E

Associated Milk Producers Inc.

Dairy Production – P

Associated Milk Producers Inc.

Diversified Crop Production – E

Cargill

Diversified Crop Production – P

Channel Bio, Barry Jacobson

Diversified Horticulture – E

SD FFA Foundation, Inc.
 

Diversified Livestock Production – E

McFleeg Feeds
First Dakota National Bank
of Yankton

Diversified Livestock Production – P

Sioux Nation Ag Center of SD and IA

Diversified Ag Production - E/P

SD FFA Foundation
 

Emerging Ag Technology - E/P

Kimball Livestock Exchange, Kimball
 

Environ. Sci. and Natural Resources Mgmt. - E/P

SD Assn of Conservation Districts

Equine Science – E

Amani Arabians, Kim Niven and Tim Anderson

Equine Science – P

Scott Cammack

Dawn Nagel

Susan Stoterau
Webster FFA
 

Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production - E/P

SD Soybean Research and Promotion Council

Floriculture - E/P

SD FFA Foundation
 

Food Science and Technology - E/P

Candidus and Londa (Vander Wal) Nwadike and Milbank Community Foundation
 

Forage Production - E/P

Kuecker Seed Farm, Inc., Webster
 

Forest Management and Products - E/P

SD FFA Foundation, Inc.
 

Fruit Production - E/P

MinnTex, Windom, MN
 

Grain Production – E

SD Corn Utilization Council

Grain Production – P

SD Wheat Commission

Home and/or Community Development - E/P

Monsanto
 

Landscape Management - E/P

SD FFA Foundation, Inc.

Nursery Operations - E/P

SD FFA Foundation, Inc.

Outdoor Recreation – E/P

Schoenbeck Law, Watertown and
Jack's Campers, Mitchell
 

Poultry Production - E/P

Dakota Layers, LLP
 

Sheep Production - E/P

Newell Ram Sale

Iowa Lamb

Small Animal Production and Care – E/P

SD Veterinarian Medical Association, Mike McIntyre, D.V.M., and Robert Renolet
 

Specialty Animal Production – E/P

Roger DeRouchey and
SD FFA Foundation, Inc.

Specialty Crop Production - E/P

Howe Seeds, Inc, McLaughlin

Hansmeier & Son, Inc., Bristol

Swine Production – E

SD Pork Producers Council

Swine Production – P

In memory of Harold C. Spath, Murphy Farms, and Clark County Contract Growers
 

Turf Grass Management – E/P

Croplan Genetics
 

Vegetable Production - E/P

In Memory of Bill and Stella Hanson
 

Veterinary Medicine - E/P Mike McIntyre, DVM, Winfred

Wildlife Production and Mgmt – E/P

Craig and Maure Weinkauf, In Memory of Arthur J. Weinkauf, Watertown
 


For more information, please contact gerri@sdffafoundation.org. or call (605) 765-4865
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