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The KACTE Entrepreneurship Event is a great opportunity for you to earn some extra money for your SAE program.  Entries in the contest take the form of a 4-6 minute online video about your plan to start or expand an entrepreneurial business and the submission of a one page executive summary. P...

Public school students in grades 10-12 are invited to apply for membership on the Commissioner’s Student Council, an advisory group that provides input and feedback to Kentucky Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt. The council also is designed to engage student leaders in learning by doing. ...

FFA Contests were held at the Kentucky State Fair on August 18-19, 2016.  Click here to view placings for Career Development Events and exhibits.   CDE Results are below: Agriculture Mechanics CDE Agronomy CDE Dairy Evaluation CDE Floriculture CDE Livestock Evaluation CDE ...

Six Kentucky FFA members have been selected by the National FFA Organization to participate in the National Band, Chorus, and Talent at the National FFA Convention in October.  These members were selected based on an online audition from hundreds of applicants across the nation.  They will provid...

The 87th State FFA Convention was held June 7-9 in Lexington, Kentucky.  Over 2700 FFA members and advisors attended the Convention which included general sessions, leadership workshops, state contest finals, and a Day of Service.  Highlights of the Convention included keynote addresses by motiva...

The 2016-2017 State FFA Officers were elected on June 9 at the Kentucky FFA State Convention.  They are: President- Ben Pinkston- Mercer County Vice President- Cody Burke- Fleming County’ Secretary- Gracie Furnish- Harrison County Treasurer- Jenna Harrod- Western Hills Reporter- Jo...

The Kentucky FFA Foundation is proud to announce the 2016 Agri-entrepreneurship Contest.  This program is made possible through Kentucky FFA Foundation Project LEAD, which was funded by the Kentucky Agriculture Development Board in 2002.  Since that time, this program has provided over $100,000 t...

Kentucky FFA is looking for 12 outstanding members to lead the Association for the 2016-2017 year.  State Officer Candidates must be at least graduating seniors and either hold or be receiving the State FFA Degree at the 2016 Convention.  The State Officer Candidate Handbook contains complete inf...

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 Clic...

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The state Horse Evaluation and Veterinary Science Career Development Events were held November 18 at Murray State University. Twenty six teams from across the state competed in the Horse Judging CDE which included placing live classes of animals and justifying these placings through oral reaso...

The State Land Judging Career Development Event was held November 5 in Hardinsburg.  In the closest contest in recent memory Montgomery County and Edmonson County tied for the high score.  The tie was broken using the highest score on conservation measures allowing Montgomery County to eek out th...

Kentucky FFA was well represented at the 88th Annual National FFA Convention, which was held October 28- 31 in Louisville.  An all-time record of 65,173 FFA members from across the United States attended the Convention, which is the largest youth organization gathering in the United States. Ru...

The Kentucky FFA Livestock Grant program is open to all freshman and sophomore FFA members who wish to establish or expand a livestock based Supervised Agricultural Experience program. Complete guidelines are contained in the Application which is due December 1. The Livestock Grant program ...

The Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education has announced details about the 2015-2016 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...