FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT
Overview
The Farm and Agribusiness Management Career Development Event (CDE) helps students learn business skills and apply economic principles to agricultural businesses. By competing, participants demonstrate their ability to analyze agricultural business management information, apply economic principles and concepts of business management, evaluate business management decisions and work together cooperatively as a team.
Members demonstrate knowledge and abilities in applying economic principles to agriculture and agribusiness by completing a written test and solving farm analysis problems.
Students competing in this event gain a wide appreciation of farm and agribusiness practices, ranging from business structure to succession planning and from cost concepts to risk management.
Expectations at Convention for Farm Business Management
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Official Dress is required
What SHOULD students bring? (Tools/equipment/materials)
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Two pencils
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Clean clipboards
What can students NOT BRING for themselves?
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A calculator
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Any paper materials
What will get a student/team disqualified?
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Using cell phones during the event
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Sharing answers with other participants
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Talking to other participants during the event
What will be provided by the event?
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Calculator
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Scantron sheet
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Written test
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Any other required paper materials
Past Event Details
2021 Farm Business Management Exam and Practicum
2021 Farm Business Management Key
For your specific questions contact:
Dennis (BJ) Bjorklund
Minnesota FFA CDE Coordinator
612-269-1742