Students are encouraged to select a risk management strategy relative to their supervised program, analyze the risk, indicate tools used to minimize risk, and explain their application of these tools in an essay of no less than 1,000 words.
Ten national winning essays will be selected on the basis of content, adherence to the assigned topic, grammar, organization, originality and creativity. Each of the 10 winners and their advisers will travel to Washington, D.C., all expenses paid, for a special USDA Risk Management Agency/ FFA Day in April/May 2007. Students and advisers will meet with USDA officials and members of Congress for a special ceremony.
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