National Proficiency Application AR

Vegetable Production AR0164

601817994
Entrepreneurship vs Placement Percentage 3 AR
Entrepreneurship: 0% Placement: 100%
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Applicant Information
Applicant Name
Seth Tyer
Chapter Name
McCrory

Statement of Candidate and Parent/Guardian

We have prepared this application and certify that the records are true, complete and accurate and we hereby permit for
publicity purposes the use of any information included in the application with the exception of the following:

Date Parent/Guardian Signature

Date Candidate's Signature

Certification
We have verified the application and find that the statements contained herein are such that we are able to recommend
him/her for the Degree/Award. Furthermore, we verify that he/she has conducted themselves in a manner to be a credit
to the organization, chapter, school and community.

Date Chapter Advisor Signature

Date Superintendent or Principal Signature

Date Employer Signature (Placement applicants only)

Date State Advisor or State Executive Committee Signature

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Vegetable Production AR0164
601817994
3 AR

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Applicant Contact Information
Name as you want it to appear on the certificate Name on the FFA Chapter Roster (if different)

Seth Tyer
Gender DOB Name Pronunciation

Male 05/13/2000 Seth Hayden Tyer

Address City State Zip Code

103 Woodruff 252 McCrory AR 72101

Email Address Home Phone

seth.tyer@mccroryschools.org 8709190409
Father/Guardian Name Mother/Guardian Name

Steven Tyer Stephanie Tyer

Parent/Guardian Occupation Parent/Guardian Occupation

Mail Carrier Teacher

Chapter Information
FFA Chapter Name School Name
McCrory McCrory
School Address School City School State School Zip Code

511 N. Jackson St. McCrory AR 72101

School Phone Chapter Advisor(s)

870-731-2535

FFA History
Year FFA Membership Began (as reported by FFA.org. 2013-14 is the earliest year membership data is available for any student)

2015
Membership months (as reported by FFA.org) Is a current member for the ending date of this application?
28 Yes

Education Information
High School Graduation Year If not, give date left school Years of Ag Education Offered (grades 7-12) in high school last attended

2019 4.00
Ag Education completed in High School
Years: 2.00 Hours:

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Basic Award Setup Information

I. Application Dates
Began Agricultural Education Application Ending Date

8/31/2015 12/31/2017

II. Proficiency Type

Proficiency Type

Vegetable Production
Entrepreneurship vs Placement Percentage

Entrepreneurship: 0% Placement: 100%

Primary Pathway of SAE

Plant Systems

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Performance Review A
1. Briefly explain your SAE and how it related to this award area.
My SAE is working at the local Corner Market during the summer. I started working there in the summer of
2016, and I also worked there this past summer as well. Their are many ways how my SAE is related to the
Vegetable Production award area. One way is Corner Market is a produce patch that grows common garden
vegetables such as tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers, green beans, purple hull peas, potatoes,
watermellons, and pumpkins. Also, we sell and market the vegetables to many different people. Some buyers
will even wholesale the products that they are buying. Another way is we use the best practices to grow the
best vegetables possible. Fertilizers are applied to the plants to help get rid of bugs, and to help the
vegetables grow faster.

2. Briefly explain how your roles, responsibilities, and/or management decisions related to this award
area changed.
My roles and responsibilities have changed some since I started working at the Corner Market in the summer
of 2016. One way is the vegetables that I pick. The first summer that I worked there I mainly picked only
tomatoes, and a little bit of squash and cucumbers. This past summer I picked tomatoes, squash, cucumbers,
peppers, okra, watermellons, and green beans. I have also learned more about picking the vegetables. This
summer I was able to pick tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and peppers by myself a lot of times since I had
learned more about properly picking those vegetables. When I was done I would load up the buckets of
vegetables that I had picked and take them inside the building where we store the vegetables after they had
been picked. During this summer I also got to train a couple of people for a brief period of time. All in all, my
roles and responsibilities have greatly changed since I started working at Corner Market.

3. Briefly explain what is the single greatest challenge you faced in this award area and how did you
overcome that challenge?
The single greatest challenge I faced was learning how to pick the variety of vegetables that are grown at
Corner Market. I picked about every certain type of vegetable except for the purple hull peas and pumpkins.
Their is a way that the vegetables have to be picked so they will be best suited to sell. For example, the
tomatoes have to be red and ripe to be picked. They also can't be too small or damaged due to bugs and
other insects. The squash also has to be a certain size to be picked. It can't be too small or too big. It is the
same with the cucumbers as it is with the squash. The reason for having certain requirements for vegetables
to be picked is customers usually will want the best produce for sell. The wouldn't want something that is too
big, too small, or damaged. I have learned by working out the Corner Market that with any business you have
to put your best products forward if you want to make a profit.

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Performance Review B
Briefly explain your three greatest accomplishments or findings in this award area.

Accomplishment/Finding #1
One finding I discovered while working at Corner Market was that laying down plastic around the plants while
you plant them really pays off in the long run. The plastic that was layed down helped keep a lot of unwanted
grass and weeds out. This way made it easier for the plants to grow, and easier for the vegetables to be
picked.

Accomplishment/Finding #2
I discovered a different way that a garden can be watered. After they had layed the plastic down and planted
everything, they ran water lines under the plastic so that the water could get to the plants faster. This way you
wouldn't have to go around, and manually water everything. This new method would prove to be effective.

Accomplishment/Finding #3
Another finding I discovered was that storing the vegetables in a cool temperatured building helps the
vegetables stay fresher longer. After the vegetables were picked, they would be loaded up and stored in a
building. The vegetables would be able to stay fresh for a long time as long as they were in the building. This
way we wouldn't have to throw out as many vegetables, and would be able to sell more of them.

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Performance Review C
What are three ways your experiences or opportunities in this award area will impact your future.

Impact #1
One experience is picking the vegetables. When you work out a garden you learn a lot about growing your
own food. This will help me later if I want to grow my own garden later in life to help save money and become
a more well-rounded individual.

Impact #2
Another experience is helping customers load up there purchased vegetables sometimes. It may not sound
like much, but it helps you learn how to work with customers. If I'm ever running my own business one day I
will need the people skills to be able to work with customers.

Impact #3
The work, itself, is another experience that will impact my future. A lot of the time I would be picking
vegetables at least four hours during the day. When we were really busy I would pick vegetables up to eight
hours a day. Picking vegetables in the heat was tiring work, but it will help prepare me for whatever work I will
do in my career that I choose.

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Supervised Agricultural Experience - Placement and Foundational (Exploratory)

Total
Unpaid Hours Paid Hours Total Hours Gross Earnings Current Expenses

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Learning Outcomes & Efficiency Factors

Learning Outcome Beginning Level

Description
or Efficiency Factor Level Attained
Maintaining a garden isn't easy work. The best and
2017 2017 most simple that was used to maintain the garden was
I learned about the work it took to maintain
1 the garden throughout the summer.
some A lot more picking the vegetables out there pretty much every day.
understanding understanding For a garden to be where it needs to be, it needs to be
picked and taken care of every day.
While working at Corner Market, I learned that their are
2017 2017 certain practices you have to take to grow the best
2 I learned how to care for a garden. some A lot more garden possible. One way was spraying fertilizer to
understanding understanding help the vegetables grow and look better, and keep
bugs off of the plants.

2017 2017 One way that helped the garden was laying down
I learned that their are certain measures plastic before planting. This method would help keep
3 taken that can help the garden grow better.
some A lot more the grasses and weeds out, which would help the
understanding understanding plants grow better and quicker.
I was able to pick vegetables for a longer period of
2017 2017 time by picking them early in the morning and late in
I learned when it was the best time to pick
4 the vegetables in the garden.
some a lot more the afternoon. It isn't as hot during this time of day and
understanding understanding you can get more work done. You also do a better job
of picking vegetables because you don't get as tired.
The first thing I learned when I started working at
2017 2017 Corner Market was when it's best to be the vegetables.
I learned when the vegetables were ripe and
5 ready to be picked.
some A lot more All of the vegetables out there have to be a certain size
understanding understanding and ripe enough to be picked. Using this method, helps
the produce sell better.

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Skills, Competencies, and Knowledge

A. Five Primary Skills, Competencies, and Knowledge within your Pathway

AFNR Performance Indicator Contributions to Success

PS.02.01 Determine the influence of
environmental factors on plant growth.
1
PS.02.03 Develop and implement a fertilization
plan for specific plants or crops.
2
PS.03.02 Develop and implement a plant
3 management plan for crop production.
PS.03.03 Develop and implement a plan for
4
integrated pest management.
PS.03.05 Harvest, handle and store crops.
5
There were different environmental factors that influence plant
growth. One factor was not enough rain. The way we took care of
this was running water through the water lines. Theses water lines
would run up under the plastic and straight to the plants.
At Corner Market we had a plan for fertilizing the plants. Their
would sometimes be days where we wouldn't pick one of the
vegetables. We would usually use this day to fertilize those
plants.
Our plan for crop production was pretty simple. We would
frequently water the plants with our irrigation system, and would
fertilize the plants.
For pest control we would fertilize the plants. Fertilizing the plants
not only help them grow, but it helped keep pests away.
Their was a way that we would harvest and store the vegetables.
After we were done picking the vegetables, we would load up the
buckets full of vegetables and store them in an air conditioned
building. Doing this would help keep the vegetables fresh and
ripe. Later on the vegetables are seperated and boxed ready to
be sold.

B. Five Supporting Skills, Competencies, and Knowledge from any Pathway

AFNR Performance Indicator Contributions to Success

ABS.01.02 Apply principles of entrepreneurship Even though I don't run the business. I learned from working at
in businesses. Corner Market that there are principles of entrepreneurship in
6 business. One big principle you have to apply is being there to run
the business. Every day there would be one or both of my bosses
there when Corner Market was open for business.
ABS.05.01 Maintain and interpret financial
My bosses at Corner Market always keep up with the finances at
information (income statements, balance
Cornet Market. This way they know how well their business is
7 sheets, inventory, purchase orders, accounts
doing and how much money they have to spend on their
receivable and cash-flow analyses) for
business.
businesses.
ABS.02.03 Apply appropriate management I learned from my bosses that their are management skills
skills to organize a business. necessary to organize a business. You have to make sure that
8
you have the finances to organize it, and the time and worker to
help run it.
ABS.04.01 Use accounting fundamentals to The best and most important way to accomplish dependable
9 accomplish dependable bookkeeping and fiscal bookkeeping and fiscal management is to keep up with how much
management. money you earn, and how much you spend.
ABS.06.02 Develop a marketing plan. The marketing plan developed was successful. One way was
using signs to advertise what vegetables were sold and what
10
number to call for information. Also, some social media
advertising was done as well.

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Resume
Objective
My main objective is building up good work ethics for the future. I believe working at Corner Market has taught me a lot
about hard work. I have also grown closer to agriculture and have learned a lot about since I started working there. I
firmly believe this will help me since I have aspirations of pursuing a job in the agricultural category.

Agricultural Classes/Coursework
‡Aug 2017-Dec 2017 - Leadership & Communications (1/2)
‡Jan 2017-May 2017 - Environmental Resources (1/8)
‡Aug 2015-May 2016 - Survey of Agricultural Systems (2/6)

SAE
‡2016 Environmental Science / Natural Resource Mgmt (Employment) 1 project
‡2016 Landscape (Employment) 1 project
‡2016 Poultry (Ownership) 1 project
‡2016 Vegetable (Employment) 1 project

FFA Leadership
‡2016-2017 Chapter Vice President
‡2016 FFA Committee Involvement - 2 committees
‡2015 Discovery (JrFFA) Vice President
‡2015 Greenhand Vice President

FFA Activities
‡2017 Invitational FFA Competitions - 1 event (Agronomy)
‡2016-2017 District FFA Competitions - 5 events (Agronomy; Discussion Meet)
‡2016-2017 Other (Chapter; Area)
‡2015-2017 Area FFA Competitions - 3 events (Agronomy; Land; Opening and Closing Ceremonies)
‡2015-2017 Chapter FFA Competitions - 2 events (Land; Opening and Closing Ceremonies)
‡2016 State FFA Competitions - 1 event (Agronomy)

Community Service
‡2017 Moving stumps; Picking up limbs for neighbor; Chamber of Commerce Banquet; Buying gift for nursing home
patient; ALC cleanup crew
‡2016 Bringing food for food drive ; Picking up limbs for church

School and Extracurricular Involvement

FFA: 2015, 2016, 2017
Jr. and Sr. Honor Society
Student Council: 2013-2014
3 year member of United Methodist Youth Group

Awards and Honors

‡2016 SAE Project AET Badge - 1 badge

Certifications
None

Skills
skilled at gardening
skilled at landscaping

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References
Mr. Bryon Hurford
Johnny James
Rudy Fraser

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Project Photos

A picture of me in front of the sign before going into work.

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Project Photos

A picture of me chopping the grasses and weeds in the rows of the okra.

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Project Photos

A picture of me during a break from work.

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Project Photos

A picture of me picking cucumbers.

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Project Photos

A picture of the store where all the vegetables are sold.

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Project Photos

A picture of me in front of the building where we store the vegetables after picking them from
the fields.

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Checklist of Minimum Qualifications
‡ Missing, Error, or Not Met indicates a condition causing the candidate not to qualify for the degree.
‡ Review indicates a condition that will require additional explanation or documentation.
‡ Only computer-generated checks are shown here. The PDF application includes additional manual
checks.
‡ Regardless of the qualifications shown here, FFA staff and reviewers may contact the advisor or
applicant for additional information and evidence, including, but not limited to, SAE agreements and
record books.

Item Value

Candidate has a minimum of 12 months of FFA membership. MET

Candidate has a current membership for the ending date of this application. MET

Candidate has fully described and selected one to five Learning Outcomes or Efficiency Factors. MET

All pictures include captions. MET

All pictures include a digital upload. MET

Application includes at least one full calendar year of records. MET

If graduated, applicant must have completed at least three full years of agriculture, or all of the
MET
agriculture offered at the school last attended.
If graduated, applicant must have been out of high school for no more than one year MET
Ending Date is Dec 31 of the year prior to the National Convention which you are applying to receive an
MET
award.
MUST
Employer or Instructor's Statement must be printed and submitted with the application.
ATTACH
MUST
Personal Page must be printed and submitted with the application.
ATTACH
Use the Manual Review Sheet & List of Attachments which is generated when the PDF version of this
CHECK
application is created to perform final checks on hard copy application. (Not require to be sent with
MANUALLY
application.)

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Manual Review Sheet & List of Attachments

Reviewed By: _____________________________________

To improve the quality of applications submitted and to eliminate the need to disqualify an
application at the national finalist level of competition, a state association representative should
complete the following manual check list for each award application submitted.

Instructions: Please manually review the application for each item on the check list. Checkmark
the line if the item is present and correct.

______ Applicant, parent or guardian, chapter advisor, school superintendent or principal and State
FFA Advisor have properly signed the application.

______ Applicant has included an "Employer's or Instructor's Statement", a one page written
evaluation by the most recent employer or agriculture instructor describing the progress that the
applicant has made in developing the skills and competencies necessary for success within the
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______ Applicant has included a "Personal Page", a maximum of one page (maximum size 8 1/2" X
11") of additional information. This may NOT include the following: videos; CDs, DVDs, flash drive;
etc.

______ All pages of the application have the same Version # on the bottom left of each page. The
Cover Page (signature page), Photo Pages and this Manual Review Sheet & List of Attachments
page do NOT require matching Version #s.

_____ Each Photo Page includes only a single photo. A Photo Page with multiple photos will cause
the application to be penalized.

______ I hereby confirm there are no exaggerated, misleading, deceptive or false statements or
claims about the applicant¶s experience or performance in this application. Additionally, I confirm
this supervised agricultural program has been conducted with the highest possible regard for public
safety and consumer confidence.

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Supporting Records

Complete Recordbook Report

Access Link: https://www.theaet.com/rb

Application #: 374148
Access Code: YATPHP

Record Book Report FFA Award Section(s) Summary of Information Provided

Records Cover Page Cover Page Summary of students involvement
Section A - Resume Cover Page & Resume FFA Degrees obtained and years, career objective and
(if applicable) accomplishments/awards
Section B ±Ag Cover Page Years of enrollment, courses and details
Education Courses
Section C - FFA Offices Additional Years of officer positions and activities
Requirements (if listed)
Section D ±POA Additional Years of POA leadership and activities
Committees Requirements (if listed)
Section E ±FFA Activities FFA Competitions, Other FFA Activities and Community Service
Involvement
Section F ±SAE SAE Sections (all SAE agreement(s) (plan), SAE photos, journals, expenses, income,
Details by project types) market adjustments and income statement (by SAE)
Ending Current
Inventory
SAE Photos (if
applicable)
Section G ±Non- Ending Non-Current Purchase date and depreciation schedule details
current Inventory Inventory
Section H ±Other Basic Setup (beginning Beginning inventory items, gifts, labor exchange and purchase non-
items not SAE specific inventory) current items.
Section I ±Profit & Income/Expense Selected SAEs Profit & Loss (Optional)
Loss Statement Statement Current/Operating Income and Expense
Non-Current/Capital Transactions
Return to Capital, Labor, and Mgmt.
Section J ±Balance Assets & Liabilities Annual summary of assets, liabilities and equity (net worth).
Sheet Net Worth
Earned & Productively
Invested

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