CALP Application Form-CALP

* Your spouse or significant other will be required to return a "Spousal Support" form, provided to you by the CALP office upon receipt of your application. This will need to returned by Sept. 18, 2024. Due to the required 100% attendance requirement, CALP feels it is important a spouse or significant other be aware and supportive of your application.

Education Information

Business/Occupational Information

Agriculture Production Experience (if applicable)

Rank commodities produced, if applicable, in order of predominance. Please detail your full-time or part-time production (farming, ranching, managing) agricultural experience and operation size.

Agri-Business Work Experience (if applicable)

Please detail any non-production or agribusiness experiences related to agriculture (e.g., agchemicals, ag-education, ag-sales, etc.) List most recent first.

* You will be required to submit an "Employer Commitment" Form, provided by the CALP Office upon receipt of your application. This form must be completed by your employer, or yourself if you are self-employed, and submitted back to the office by Sept. 18, 2024.

Organization & Community Experience

Indicate your past and current membership and offices held in organizations, including college and technical institute, agricultural, civic, church, governmental and military. (Include only last eight years plus your military experience)

List three books, articles, movies, people or speakers that have given you useful insights during the past year.

Briefly describe your foreign travel, if any. Indicate countries visited, year traveled and purpose of travel.

Name the three best times of the year (in order of preference) for you/your family/operation for you to be away at a 10-14 day international study seminar. List month names.

Essay Section

Please answer the following questions. Each response should be 250 words or less. If you would prefer you can upload a file addressing all four questions. If you do this, please include the question, and the response in the file along with your first initial and last name.

Discuss an important issue facing agriculture or rural communities in our state. Discuss one specific idea that you have in addressing this issue. (250 words or less) *

Why would you like to participate in the CALP program? How would you utlilize the knowledge and experience gained?(250 words or less) *

Recommendations

Upon receipt of your application, you will be asked to submit the following by no later than Sept 18, 2024. A minimum of three (3) recommendations (form will be provided by CALP office) by September 18, 2024. All replies are confidential. An Employer Commitment form and a spousal support form, if applicable.

Agreement

The CALP program is a huge commitment of time. By clicking "Submit," and selecting "I Agree" this indicates my willingness to make the commitment of full participation and attendance. I understand I will be required to fundraise $3500 of tuition, of which will be due Aug 1 following the start of the CALP program. CALP will provide training for this. Furthermore, I agree that once any tuition fees have been paid, there is no refund, full or partial.

Please enter your initials and date submitted (e.g. if your name is Jane Doe and your birthday is Jan. 1, 1986, you would enter JD01011986) *