News Articles

Easy Giving to KY FFA: Letter from Chairman Nick Carter My fellow FFA supporters,    It has been my great pleasure over the last few years to be able to support the KY FFA Foundation, both financially and with my t...

    The Kentucky FFA Foundation is seeking to hire a motivated and enthusiastic individual to promote, connect and elevate opportunities for Kentucky Ag Ed students in agriculture careers, including agricultural education.    The Agriculture Education & Workforce Development C...

Thanks to all members, advisors, and supporters for making the 2024 Kentucky State Fair a huge success!  Contest results are below- additional results will be added when finalized.   Podium Winners List (includes exhibits, auctioneering, and dairy holders)  Agricultural Mechanics CDE Agr...

Kentucky FFA is seeking an intern for Fall 2024.  This individual would work for Kentucky FFA August 25-December 31 and will work on a variety of projects and administrative tasks.   Applicants will be expected to: Travel to Frankfort 2-4 times during the semester Travel to Hardinsburg fo...

Five hundred eight Kentucky FFA members will recieve the State FFA Degree at the 95th Kentucky FFA State Convention on June 6, 2024.     Recipients completed an application detailing their involvement in FFA, their Supervised Agriucultural Experience Program, and involvement in school and comm...

  The Kentucky FFA Foundation kicked off 2024 by launching two major projects after months and months of work behind the scenes.    Our new podcast, “Growing Kentucky’s Leaders” is hosted by me and my colleague Ruth Ann Fink. We have a weekly guest and talk about agriculture, leaders...

Kentucky, February 6, 2024 — The Kentucky FFA Foundation proudly announces the launch of its innovative hiring solution program, Kentucky FFA Works, aimed at connecting Kentucky employers with senior FFA members seeking full-time employment post-graduation. This groundbreaking initiative offers a...

Kentucky FFA is looking for motivated and organized individuals to assist with the Kentucky FFA State Convention!  These individuals will work during (and in some cases before) the State FFA Convention which will be held in Lexington on June 2-6.  Successful candidats will get a behind the scenes...

The American FFA Degree is the highest honor that an FFA member can earn.  American FFA Degree applications must be completed and submitted online by February 15.  Click here to view complete guidelines and instructions.    FFA Advisors are expected to review applications and submit them for r...

The Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education released details of the 2024 KACTE Entrepreneurship Event.  The KACTE Entrepreneurship Event is intended to: encourage all CTE programs to include entrepreneurship education in their curriculum encourage CTE students to think about...

  Kentucky FFA was well represented at the 96th Annual National FFA Convention, which was held October November 1-4 in Indianapolis.  Nearly 73,000 FFA members, advisors, and guests attended the Convention, which is the largest youth organization gathering in the United States.    Paxto...

October 31, 2023   Indianapolis- Josh Mitcham of Hardinsburg, Kentucky was named the Outstanding Young Member of the National Association of Supervisors of Agricultural Education at the organization’s annual convention.  Mitcham is and Agricultural Education Consultant and Director of the K...

News Release For more information: Sheldon McKinney Executive Director Kentucky FFA Foundation, Inc. (606) 782-4620 sheldon.mckinney@kyffa.org   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 17, 2023   Central Kentucky Ag Credit Continues Long-Time Support of Kentucky FFA Foundation ...

2023 Kentucky State Fair Results Agricultural Mechanics CDE Agronomy Team Agronomy Individual Dairy Team Dairy Individual  Floriculture Team Floriculture Individual Jr. Dairy Team Jr. Dairy Individual Jr. Livestock Team Jr. Livestock Individual   Livestock Team...

  This article was written by Kentucky FFA Foundation Executive Director and was featured in the August 16th issue of The Farmer's Pride.    I’ve been thinking about storytelling. We are overwhelmed with information, nearly everywhere we turn. How do we cut through the noise and tell...