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July 2017

9th – 12th GVATA Summer Conference Savannah, GA

13th – 15th GA Jr Beef Futurity AG Center, Perry

17th – 19th Chapter Officer Leadership Training FFA Center & Camp John Hope OR 19th – 21st Chapter Officer Leadership Training FFA Center & Camp John Hope July 2017 August 2017 st Sun 1 Mon State MarketTue Goat & Lamb WedEntry Deadline Thuhttps://secure.georgia4h.org/juniornational/login/login.cfmFri Sat

4th – 5th Area Officer Training Camp John Hope 1 5th Udder Mud Run FFA Center, Covington

th th 2 12 – 133 State Floral4 Design Workshop5 6 FFA Center,7 Covington 8 Independence 15th YF BudgetDay & Long Range Plan Due South Region Office

th 9 19 10 FFA National11 Convention12 CDE Prep Day13 FVSU 14 15 GVATA Summer GA Jr Beef Conference 22nd Area 6 Teachers Meeting FuturityMark Deal – Coastal Pines Tech College Area 6 Fall Plug Deliveries 16 17 Area 618 New Teacher Workshop19 – Starts20 at 12 PM 21 22 Chapter Officer Training 24th Area 5 Teachers Meeting Albany Technical College Area 5 Fall Plug Deliveries 23 24 Area 525 New Teacher Workshop26 – Starts27 at 12 PM 28 29

25th – 26th Young Farmer Cattle & Goat Show AG Center, Perry 30 31 28th Floral Design Mini Clinic Colquitt County High School 30th Floral Design Mini Clinic Bradwell Institute High School 31st Floral Design Mini Clinic Echols County High School

31st Region Leadership Rally Registration Due South Region Office – ABAC August 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 State Market Goat & Area Officer Udder Mud Run Lamb Entry Training Deadline

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Floral Design Workshop

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Floral Design State Staff Workshop Meeting YF Budget & Long Range Plan Due 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Area 6 New Teacher Area 5 New Teacher GYFA Cattle & Workshop Workshop Goat Show Area 6 Area 5 Teachers Meeting Teachers Meeting 27 28 29 30 31 South Region Leadership Rally Registration DUE

Floral Design Mini Floral Design Mini Floral Design Mini Clinic Clinic Clinic September 2017 1st GNF Entry Deadline http://georgianationalfair.com/

5th Floral Design Mini Clinic Tift County High School

6th Summer Camp Admin, Alumni & FFA Center, Covington Foundation Board Meeting

11th Camp Planning Meeting FFA Center, Convington

12th South Region Leadership Rally GA Museum of Agriculture (Agrirama)

14th Colquitt EMC Training Tifton, GA

15th – 16th Livestock Judging Clinic Camp John Hope

18th Area 5 & 6 Preliminary Job Interview South Region Office Materials Due

19th Satilla EMC Training Alma, GA

26th Area 6 CDEs Berrien County AG Dept Meats Evaluation, FBM, FFA Quiz, Job Interview – Preliminary Round, Floral Design, Land Judging

28th Area 5 CDEs Pelham High AG Dept Meats Evaluation, FBM, FFA Quiz, Job Interview – Preliminary Round, Floral Design, Land Judging

29th – 30th Fall Discovery Conference Camp John Hope September 2017

1 2 GNF Entry Deadline

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Labor Day Camp Admin, Foundation & Alumni Meeting

Floral Design Mini Clinic 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Summer Camp Livestock Judging Planning South Region Clinic Rally Colquitt EMC Training 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Job Interview Prelim National Teach Ag Materials Due Day

Satilla EMC Training 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Area 6 CDEs Area 5 CDEs Fall Discovery Meats Evaluation, FBM, Meats Evaluation, FBM, Conference FFA Quiz, Floral FFA Quiz, Floral Design, Land Judging, Design, Land Judging, Job Interview – Prelims Job Interview – Prelims

b October 2017

1st State Steer EntryOctober Deadline 2017 https://secure.georgia4h.org/juniornational/login/login.cfm

2nd YF Applications, Calendar & POA Due South Region Office Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 5th – 15th Georgia National Fair AG Center, Perry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 State Steer Show YF Application, Georgia National th Entry Deadline10 Calendar, POAFFA Day at the Fair Fair StartsAG Center, Perry Deadline 16th AG ED Enrollment, Rosters, FFA Dues South Region Office 8 9 & POA/Budget10 Due 11 12 13 14 Columbus Day FFA Day at the Fair Georgia National16th Area 5 & 6 Job Interview South Region Office Fair Continues Materials Due – Final Round

15 17th – 1916th Sunbelt17 Expo 18 19 Moultrie, GA20 21 Enrollment, POA & Sunbelt Ag Expo Budget, Roster and 17th – 19Duesth Titan Tire Auction GAYF QFest Expo Grounds – Moultrie, GA Area Job Interview Tire Auction GA National 18Fairth Material Due GYFA Q-Fest Expo Grounds – Moultrie, GA Ends 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25th – 28th National FFA Convention Indianapolis, Indiana

st National FFA 31 Albany Tech Floriculture ConventionChallenge Albany Technical College

31st Okefenokee EMC Practice Brantley County High AG Dept

29 30 31 Okefenokee EMC Practice

Albany Tech Floriculture Challenge November 2017 Halloween 1st State Beef Heifer Entry Deadline https://secure.georgia4h.org/juniornational/login/login.cfm

1st YF Memorial Scholarship & South Region Office Outstanding Member Award Applications Due

2nd Mitchell EMC Practice Camilla, GA

6th YF Caucus Expo Grounds – Moultrie, GA

6th – 11th Okefenokee Agricultural Fair Waycross, GA 8th Area 6 Tractor Driving CDE Waycross, GA & Waycross Fair Events

7th – 11th Albany Fair Albany Exchange Club Fair Grounds 10th Area 5 Tractor Driving CDE Albany Exchange Club Fair Grounds & Albany Fair Events

11th State Meats Evaluation CDE UGA – Athens, GA

14th Region Livestock Judging CDE, Irwin County AG Dept Region ENR CDE & Area 5/Area 6 Job Interview Finals

15th State Dairy Heifer Entry Deadline https://secure.georgia4h.org/juniornational/login/login.cfm

16th South Region EMC CDE ABAC

18th State Land Judging CDE South Region December 2017 1st – 2nd ABACDecember State CDEs 2017 ABAC, Tifton Floral Design, FFA Quiz, Tractor Operations, ENR, Dairy Judging Farm Business Management, Job Interview Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 5th – 9th NAAE Conference Nashville, TN 1 2 th ABAC State CDEs 5 State Breeding Doe, Breeding Ewe & Market Hog Entry Deadline https://secure.georgia4h.org/juniornational/login/login.cfm 3 4 5 State Breeding 6 7 8 9 Doe, Ewe, & Mkt Camp Admin, Area 5 CDEs State FFA th 5 AreaHog Entry 6 CDEs Due Foundation & Alumni Ag Comm, Rabbit Show Meeting Ag Sales, AgArea Communications, 6 CDEs Ag Sales, Wayne County AG Dept Floriculture & Ag Comm, Jr AG Mechanics & Floriculture Jr AG Mechanics Ag Sales, Floriculture & NYFEA Institute 6th SummerJr AG Mechanics Camp Admin, Alumni & FFA Center, Covington FoundationNAAE Board Meeting Conference 10 7th 11 Area12 5 CDEs 13 14 15 16 AgState Communications, Staff Ag Sales, ABAC, Tifton NYFEA Institute Meeting Ends Jr AG Mechanics & Floriculture 17 7th – 1018th NYFEA19 Institute 20 21 Savannah,22 GA 23 Region Office Closed 9th State Rabbit Show West Dublin High 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 12th – 13Christmasth Day State Staff Meeting Camp John Hope 31 January 2018 January 2018

9th South Region Horse Judging CDE ABAC Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 9th Area 5 Lawnmower & Parliamentary Procedure CDEs ABAC 11th 1 GYFA2 Convention Registration3 Due 4 South Region5 Office 6

11th Area 6 Lawnmower & Parliamentary Procedure CDEs Brantley County Middle 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11th Sub AreaSouth 5 & Region Sub Area 6 Speaking GYFA ConventionSouth Region Office State EMC CDE Horse Judging Registration Due ManuscriptsCDE Due Sub Area Speaking CDE Manuscripts 13th State EMCArea 5CDE FFA Center, Covington DUE Lawnmower & 16th – 17th GVATAParli Mid-Winter Pro CDEs Conference Area 6 FFA Center, Covington (New Teacher’s Meeting and Proficiency, National Chapter,Lawnmower Officer Book Prep& work on 16th) Parli Pro CDEs rd 14 23 15 Albany16 Tech Nursery Landscape17 Challenge 18 Albany 19Technical College 20 M L King Day GVATA 26th Jr GGIAMid-Winter Certification Gwinnett Center, Duluth New Teacher Meeting 26th – 27th WinterApp/Book Discovery Workshop Conference FFA Center, Covington 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30th Appling County Wildlife CDE Practice Appling Co High AG Dept FFA Discovery Conference

Albany Tech Nursery Landscape Challenge GGIA Jr Certification **Sub Area Speaking CDE Brackets will be broken after CDE registration is complete.** 28 29 30 31

Appling Co Wildlife CDE Practice February 2018 1st Proficiency Application Due South Region Office

2nd – 3rd GYFA State Convention Chateau Elan, Braselton, GA

5th SUB Area 6 Speaking CDEs Ware County High School JR & SR Prepared Public Speaking, Creed & Extemporaneous Public Speaking

6th SUB Area 5 Speaking CDEs Colquitt County High School JR & SR Prepared Public Speaking, Creed & Extemporaneous Public Speaking

7th GYFA Legislative Day Train Depot, Atlanta

9th – 10th FVSU State CDEs FVSU, Fort Valley Ag Mechanics, Ag Sales, Floriculture, Marketing Plan, & Horse Judging

13th South Region Proficiency Judging Tift High School Farm

15th South Region AG Mechanics CDE ABAC

15th Area 5 & 6 Speaking CDE Manuscripts Due South Region Office

18th – 25th National FFA Week

20th FFA Day at the Capitol Dept of Education, Atlanta

21st – 25th GA Jr Livestock Show AG Center, Perry

27th Area 6 CDEs Ware County High School Wildlife, Nursery Landscape & Discussion Meet Welding Contest

28th South Region Poultry Judging CDE Eastman, GA February 2018

1 2 3 Proficiency App & GYFA State Prepared Public Convention

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Area 6 SUB AREA Area 5 SUB AREA GYFA Legislative FVSU State CDEs Speaking CDEs Speaking CDEs Day

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 South Region Region AG Proficiency Judging Mechanics CDE Speaking Finals Manuscripts Due 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 National Presidents' Day FFA Day GA Jr Livestock FFA Week at the Capitol Show Starts

25 26 27 28 GA Jr Livestock Area 6 CDEs South Region Show Ends Wildlife, NL, Poultry CDE Discussion Meet & Welding Contest March 2018 March 2018 Sun 1st Mon State Degrees andTue Start Applications Due WedApril 2018ThuSouth Region Office Fri Sat 1st State Officer & WLC ScholarshipApril Applications 2018 STATE FFA OFFICE nd 1st 2 Area 5 CDEs AgriScience Fair, Middle School 1RecordABAC Books South2 Region Office3 Wildlife, NurseryNational Landscape Chapter & Discussion Applications Meet &State Degrees, Greenhand & Welding Contest Star, State Officer, Success American Degrees Due WLC Apps Due Conference Sun 2nd – 3rd Mon Greenhand JamboreeTue & Success ConferenceWed ThuFFA Center, Covington Fri Sat 3rd State Convention Dry Run Area 5 CDEs UGA Tifton Campus 6th Area 6 Speaking Finals Wildlife, BaconNL, County High/Middle 1 2 Jr & Sr 3Prepared Public Speaking, 4 Discussion5 Meet & 6 7 th th Agriscience5 – 6 Creed &South Extemporaneous StateRegion National State Public Speaking Chapter & AgriscienceWeldingNtl Chapter Contest Camp John Hope Reports, MS Convention Dry Application and th Written Report Judging 4 8 Record5 Books, Area 5 SpeakingRun6 Finals 7 8AgriscienceBainbribge Report High 9 School 10 Blue & Gold Gala American DegreeJr && Sr PreparedArea 6 Public Speaking Speaking, AreaJudging 5 Speaking th Creed & CDEsExtemporaneous Public Speaking CDEs NCA Due10 Area 5 Forestry CDE ReedOfficer Bingham Books & Ntl Park th FFA Week Apps Due 9 FFA Blue & Gold Gala St Regis, Buckhead 8 th 9 th 10 11 12 13 14 9 11 LeadershipArea Award 5Spring Forestry Books AGDue &Teacher’s Region Teachers Meeting Area 6 SouthForestry Region OfficeWebinarGood Friday National FFA Week Observance Award Due 11 12 CDE13 Meeting14 Via 15CDE 16 17 13th Langdale FFD GYFA RosterSouthwind & Sporting Clays th Webinar 15th 12 GYFA Roster DueArea 6 Forestry CDE Dues DueSouth Region OfficeSeed Orchard 15th State FFA Convention Talent Due State FFA Office th State Convention 15 th Satilla FFD Laura Walker State Park 19th 19 Region Weld OffState Forestry CDE Talent DueABAC Rec Center, Swainsboro 15 20th 16 IFCO FFD17 18 19 Thomas County 20 21 nd Langdale FFD Satilla FFD 22 20th – 21Livestockst Ad HocState Meeting Officer Nom-Com State ForestryFVSU CampState John Officer Hope 22nd Wayne County FFD Lake Lindsay Grace 18 19 20 21 22CDE 23Candidate 24 Region Weld-Off Livestock Ad Hoc 23rd – 24th th UGAth State CDEs UGA, Athens UGAInterviews State CDEs 26 – 28 State FFA Convention Meeting Coliseum, Macon AG Communications, Lawnmower Operations, 22 23 Livestock24 Evaluation, Nursery Landscape,25 26 27 28 30th Poultry Judging,IFCO FFDArea & Wildlife 6 Banquet Practice WayneState County FFA FFD Ware County High School 2017 – 2018 Area Officers Only Convention 25 26th 26 State Officer27 Dry Run 28 29 UGA Tifton Campus30 31 th 27 State Officer DryAppling County FFD State Ag Ed Staff State ProficiencyForestry Commission, AgEd ApplingEnrollment Co & 29 30Run Meeting Judging FFA Roster Due 28th State Staff Meeting Macon, GA Area 6 Banquet Convention Practice th Registration Due 29 OkefenokeeAppling FFD Co FFD OkefenokeeNational FFD Wildlife Refuge 30th AG ED Enrollment, FFA Dues, Roster & South Region Office / State FFA Office State FFA Convention Registration Due Online Registration May 2018 May 2018 1st Area Officer Application Due South Region Office

Sun 1st Mon GYFA AdultTue Enrollment DueWed ThuSouth Region OfficeFri Sat

2nd Area1 5 Banquet Practice2 3 ABAC 4 5 2017Area – 2018 Officer Area Officers OnlyArea 5 Banquet Application Due Practice th 10 AreaGYFA 6 Awards Adult Banquet Ware County High School Cafeteria Enrollment 14th AreaSummary 5 Awards Due Banquet ABAC Gym

6 15th7 GYFA8 Chapter Applications9 Due 10 South Region11 Office 12 Area 6 Awards Banquet 17th State Winning Proficiency Review FFA/FCCLA Center

13 21st14 – 25th Summer15 Leadership Camp16 Week 1 17 FFA/FCCLA18 Center 19 Area 5 Awards GYFA Chapter State Winning 21stBanquet – 25th CampApplication John Hope Grant SLC Week 1 Proficiency CampApp John Hope Due Review 29th – June 1st Summer Leadership Camp Week 2 FFA/FCCLA Center 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29th – June 1st Camp John Hope SLC Week 2 Camp John Hope Summer thLeadershipst Camp 29Week – 31 1 State Staff Meeting FFA/FCCLA Center 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day State Ag Ed Staff Meeting Summer Leadership Camp Week 2 June 2018

4th – 8th Summer LeadershipJune Camp 2018 FFA/FCCLA Center

11th – 15th Summer Leadership Camp FFA/FCCLA Center

th th Sun 14 – 15Mon Hit the GroundTue Running Wed FFA/FCCLAThu Center Fri Sat

th nd 18 – 22 Summer Leadership Camp FFA/FCCLA Center1 2

thSummerth 18Leadership – 24 Camp Washington Leadership Conference Washington, DC Week 2 3 22nd4 – 23rd GYFA5 Summer Tour 6 7 North Region (Location8 TBD) 9

25thSummer – 29th Summer Leadership Camp FFA/FCCLA Center Leadership Camp Week 3 29th GYFA Farm Family Application Due South Region Office 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hit the Ground Summer Running (New Leadership Camp Teachers Training) Week 4 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Washington Leadership Conference GAYF Summer Summer Tour Leadership Camp Week 5 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 GYFA Farm Family Summer Application Due Leadership Camp Week 6