Foundational SAE Resources by Component
National FFA and SAE for All provide free educator resources for teachers. This document will provide a comprehensive list National FFA educator resources and how they align with each component of a foundational SAE.
2025 Spring/Summer New Horizons Teaching Guide-Appendix 7: Cultivating a Career in Agriculture
Explore these five pathways to see what your future could look like — and how FFA can help you get there.
2025 Spring/Summer New Horizons Teaching Guide-Appendix 2: SAEs in the USA
If you’re planning to start, expand or switch up your supervised agricultural experience (SAE) this year, draw inspiration from these creative FFA members and alums, highlighted by the 2024-25 FFA in the USA reporters.
SAE for All Resource Guide
National FFA and SAE for All provide free SAE for All resources for teachers. This document will provide a comprehensive list of all resources available
FFA in the USA Article Activity
A general literacy activity which can be used with any of the FFA in the USA articles.
2024 Fall-Winter New Horizons Teaching Guide-Appendix 5- This SAE Popped Off
A kernel of an idea led this National Trail FFA member to a creative (and delicious!) supervised agricultural experience.
2024 Fall-Winter New Horizons Teaching Guide-Appendix 4- Starting from Scratch
As a recently chartered chapter, Weeping Water FFA launched Limestone Coffee Co., a student-run business venture, to raise funds and help members gain valuable skills.
Mitch Hopkins – Fiber & Oil Crop Production SAE
Learn about Mitch Hopkins’s fiber and oil crop production SAE. Research a variety of topics focused on cotton by completing a choice board.
Lane Drewery – Farm & Research Associate SAE
Learn about Lane Drewery’s agricultural research SAE. Explore what happens at the agricultural research company he works at and then discover the agricultural research sites in your own state from land-grant universities.
