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Kentucky FFA is looking for 12 outstanding members to lead the Association for the 2015-2016 year.  State Officer Candidates must be at least graduating seniors and either hold or be receiving the State FFA Degree at the 2015 Convention.  The State Officer Candidate Handbook contains complete inf...

State FFA Degree applications must be completed online through AET.  To access the application a student should follow these steps: Go to www.theaet.com and login using information provided by the Advisor Click on the “Reports” tab Click on “Degree and Application Manager” Go to “Add New...

American Degree applications are due March 1, 2015.  These applications must be completed online through either AET or the Ag Career Network. To access the application through AET: Go to www.theaet.com and login using information provided by the Advisor Click on the “Reports” tab Click ...

The State Horse Judging and Veterinary Science Career Development Events were held November 19 at Murray State University. The top teams in Horse Judging were: 3rd Place- Graves County 2nd Place- Montgomery County 1st Place- Mercer County Members of the winning team from Mercer Cou...

The 2014 State Land Judging Career Development Event was held Thursday, November 6th in Hardinsburg.  Twenty two chapters from across the state competed for the state title and the chance to advance to the National Land Judging Contest in Oklahoma City in 2015. Cumberland County FFA was the wi...

The 212° Conference (formerly Made For Excellence) has been scheduled for January 30-31 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. Thanks to Dr. John Settimi, Dr. Mike McDermott, and the EKU Agriculture Department for their continued support of this program. Registration will begin at 12:30 p...

Kentucky FFA was well represented at the 87th Annual National FFA Convention, which was held October 29- November 1 in Louisville. An all-time record of 64,409 FFA members from across the United States attended the Convention, which is the largest youth organization gathering in the United States...

Louisville- Brandon K. Davis of Kentucky was named the Outstanding Young Member of the National Association of Supervisors of Agricultural Education at the organization’s annual convention. Davis is an Agricultural Education Consultant in the Kentucky Department of Education and serves as the Ken...

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has established a grant program to assist projects of local FFA Chapters. Grants will range from $300 to $3,000 annually. Matching funds are not required for grants of less than $1,000. A 50 percent match is required for grants of $1,000 to $1,999, and a ...

Kentucky FFA is pleased to offer the Livestock Grant Program to students who wish to establish or expand their livestock based Supervised Agricultural Experience Program.  Funds for the Livestock Grant Program come from the State Fair Sale of Champions. Applications for the grants are due Dece...

The Kentucky FFA Foundation announced today that five Kentucky FFA Chapters have been selected to receive “Better Days Through Better Ways” grants to help combat hunger and food insecurity in their local communities. The grants were made possible through the generous support of the Mulhollem-Crav...

The 2014-2015 State FFA Officer Team announced that the state theme will be “Break Through.”  The announcement was made Friday, September 5th at the Regional Officer Association Roundup (ROAR) in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. According to State FFA President Austin Hazelwood the theme represents the ...

The Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education has announced details about the 2014-2015 Entrepreneurship Event.  This program is designed to recognize high school students who have outstanding entrepreneurial businesses- which includes many FFA members. To enter, a member complet...

Thanks to all the FFA members, advisors, and volunteers who made the 2014 State Fair Career Development Events a success!  Results for exhibits and Career Development Events are below: FFA Winners List 2014 Agriculture Mechanics Results Agronomy Team Results Agronomy Student Results ...

ROAR will be held September 5-6 at the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg. All 2014-2015 Regional FFA Officers are invited to attend. Regional Officers are expected to arrive by 6:00 p.m. CDT. Please eat supper prior to arriving. A snack on Friday night and breakfast on Sat...