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How is your chapter Living to Serve? Help highlight how Kentucky is putting our leadership into action through service projects that benefit local communities. Right now there are two opportunities to receive funding to support service activities. Semester-Long Living to Serve Grant is now ...

The Kentucky State Fair is now less than two months away!  Kentucky FFA is proud to be part of a new exhibit area known as Ag Land which will highlight the agriculture industry in the Commonwealth.  As part of the move to Ag Land, Kentucky FFA will have a larger exhibit area in South Wing A, whic...

The 89th Annual Kentucky FFA State Convention was held June 5-7 in Lexington.  An all-time record 2839 FFA members, advisors, and guest attended the Convention which is the organization’s largest annual event.  The Convention included state contest finals in several Career and Development Events,...

The Yearlong Living to Serve grant application is now available! Challenge your students to INVESTIGATE a need in your community and PLAN a yearlong service project to address the need. Then, apply for up to $3,000 to support your project. The application process is easy and allows multiple colla...

Bring together some of the most passionate advocates for Kentucky FFA, give them the opportunity to contribute, throw in a little dinner and dancing, and good things are bound to happen. This year’s Blue & Gold gala at Keeneland was the first event of its kind for Kentucky FFA, but it’s al...

The 2018 Blue and Gold Auction held at the National Farm Machinery Show (NFMS), in Louisville, KY raised $46,313 dollars for the Kentucky FFA Foundation consisting of 14,313 FFA members in 160 FFA Chapters.  The multi-faceted event featured a silent auction available for all 314,000 attendees ...

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. How is your chapter Living to Serve? FFA offers Day of Service Mini-Grants for $400 to support chapters in planning community service events. The application is easy, and you can apply for funds to support a one-day s...

Kentucky FFA is looking for 12 outstanding members to lead the Association for the 2018-2019 year.  State Officer Candidates must be at least graduating seniors and either hold or be receiving the State FFA Degree at the 2018 Convention.  The State Officer Candidate Handbook contains complete inf...

In the spirit of giving and supporting the future of American Agriculture BigIron co-founders, Ron and Mark, continually speak of their foundation of their youth on the farm and of the leadership that was instilled in them as FFA members. They have first hand experience of the success that...

The Kentucky FFA Alumni is again sponsoring scholarships for FFA members to attend the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center and the Washington Leadership Conference.   The LTC Scholarships are for $150 each and are offered on the chapter level.  Applications are due February 28.   The WL...

The Kentucky FFA Foundation is giving away up to $10,000 to help FFA members grow or expand their SAE programs!  The Agri-Entrepreneurship Contest is made possible through funds recieved through the Kentucky Agriculture Development Board and the Master Settlement Agreement.   Each chapter winn...

State FFA Degree applications are to be completed and hand delivered to the regional degree evaluation.  Most regions hold the degree evaluation in conjunction with regional paperwork day.  Direct questions about regional degree evaluation to the regional KAAE Chair. State Degree applications ...

American Degree applications must be completed online and the cover page submitted to the Executive Secretary by March 1.  The address for mailing cover pages is: Kentucky FFA 300 Sower Boulevard Frankfort, KY 40601   American Degree applications must be completed online.  Applications...

Sitting in the middle of Kentucky’s second largest city and serving students from nine sending schools, the Locust Trace FFA Chapter is anything but typical. Since most of the chapter’s members don’t have an agriculture background, sharing the story of agriculture has been a huge priority for the...

FFA Members Attack Hunger One Community at a Time With one in six Kentuckians identified as food insecure, hunger is a huge issue facing communities across the state- and across the state local FFA members and chapters are doing their part to eliminate hunger in a variety of ways.  According t...