Agribusiness Systems Standards

The National FFA Organization and The National Council for Agriculture Education are cooperating to lead this review of the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Career Cluster Content Standards that teachers use to guide instruction. This review will allow us to determine the continued relevance of those standards.
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You are being asked to specifically focus on standards for the Agribusiness Systems Career Cluster. Here are a few careers you might find in this Career Cluster: 
Accountant
Agricultural Literacy and Advocacy Specialist
Brand Manager
Economist
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Process Engineer

Each standard is further defined by performance indicators and measurements. You will be asked to evaluate each level--standards, performance indicators and measurements.

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* 1. Please review each of the standards below. 

How strongly do you agree that each standard reflects essential industry knowledge and skills that students need to be ready for careers in Agribusiness Systems?

  Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
ABS.01. Apply management planning principles in AFNR businesses.
ABS.02. Use record keeping to accomplish AFNR business objectives, manage budgets and comply with laws and regulations.
ABS.03. Manage cash budgets, credit budgets and credit for an AFNR business using generally accepted accounting principles.
ABS.04. Develop a business plan for an AFNR business.
ABS.05. Use sales and marketing principles to accomplish AFNR business objectives.

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* 2. If you indicated that any of these standards listed below do not reflect essential industry knowledge and skills that students need to be ready for careers in Agribusiness Systems, please comment to share why this standard is no longer relevant. How would you change this standard to make it more relevant?

List of standards: 
  • ABS.01. Apply management planning principles in AFNR businesses.
  • ABS.02. Use record keeping to accomplish AFNR business objectives, manage budgets and comply with laws and regulations.
  • ABS.03. Manage cash budgets, credit budgets and credit for an AFNR business using generally accepted accounting principles.
  • ABS.04. Develop a business plan for an AFNR business.
  • ABS.05. Use sales and marketing principles to accomplish AFNR business objectives.

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