This document is designed for use by teachers of Agricultural Production and Management courses in North Carolina. It updates the competencies and content outlines from the previous guide. It lists core and optional competencies for two courses in seven areas as follows: leadership; supervised agricultural experience programs; animal science; plant and soil science; agricultural mechanics; agricultural business management; and forestry and wildlife management. For each unit of instruction, the guide includes unit titles, the competencies to be taught, the suggested teaching length, the specific instructional objectives related to each competency, general information related to the unit, a content outline, suggested teaching activities, and references for the unit. A 113-item reference list is included. It includes 83 books, 15 sources of audiovisual materials, 7 sources of computer programs in agriculture, and 8 sources of curriculum guides and instructional materials. The reference list includes textbooks on the state adopted textbook list and many that were not adopted by North Carolina. (CML)