*Farm Business Management CDE Details * The Area 4 CDE will be held at Southeastern Technicial College in the *Butch Parrish Building* on Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011. The Area 3 CDE will be held at Upson Lee High School *in room 517 (the ag classroom) *on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. *CDE Information * ** Registration will begin at 4pm. The CDE will begin at 4:30pm. *Team Members will only be taking the 50 question multiple choice exam at the area competition. This part of the CDE is done individually. Needed Items: *Students will need to bring a *pencil and a non-programmable calculator*with them. * * *Rules: * This event is open to students in grades 9-12 who are agricultural education students, and are paid members of a chartered FFA chapter. Each member of the team must be a member of the chapter registering them, and each student’s name must appear on the chapter’s FFA roster at least 10 days prior to competition above the chapter level. This CDE has a national level competition; student's who are already a member of a state winning CDE team/event are not eligible to participate and no student on the state winning farm business team is eligible to participate in any other CDE until after the national competition. The event is limited to one team per chapter at the area level. The top two teams from each area will compete at the state level. A team consists of three or four members. Only the top three test scores are counted towards the team score. Please check the Ag Ed website for the revised Farm Business Management CDE guidelines to also assist in preparing for this event. Deadline to register your team is Friday, December 11th. Schools registered: Area 4 - ECI, Burke County High, Portal, Jenkins County, and Byran County High Area 3 - Peach County, LaGrange High, Pike County High, Warner Robins High, Dutchtown, Ola, and Eagle's Landing -- Melissa Riley Central Region Ag Education Horticulture Teacher PO Box 4060 1005 State University Drive Fort Valley, GA 31030 office - 478-825-6067 fax - 478-825-6980 www.centralregionaged.org * *