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Seventy four local FFA chapters will be honored at the 84th Annual State FFA convention in Lexington.  Sixty seven chapters will be presented the Gold Emblem award, six chapters will be presented the Silver Emblem award, and one chapter will be presented the Bronze Emblem award.  The chapters ...

The State Poultry CDE was held on April 16th as part of the Murray State FFA Field Day.  The top five teams were: 1st- Caldwell County 2nd- Calloway County 3rd- Montgomery County 4th- Ballard Memorial 5th- Edmonson County Benji Kilgore of Caldwell County was the high individual....

The 2014 Kentucky FFA Agriscience Fair will be held on June 11, 2014 as part of the 85th State FFA Convention. There aresix categories in the Agriscience Fair.  Categories include: Animal Systems Environmental Services/Natural Resource Systems Food Products and Processing Systems P...

The Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board is sponsoring the “Soy Snapshots- From Pod To Plate” photo contest.  This contest is open to all middle and high school FFA members.  The grand prize of $1000 will be presented on stage at the State FFA Convention in June.  The deadline for submitting your ent...

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is proud to announce the 2014 KDA Farmers Market Contest.  The contest is open to FFA members who plant a market garden and join their local farmers’ market to sell what they grow. The contest consists of a written marketing plan and portfolio at the regi...

The Kentucky FFA Foundation is proud to announce the 2014 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...

State and American Degree materials for 2014 are now available.  State Degree applications should be hand delivered to the regional degree evaluation (usually in February or March).  American FFA Degree applications should be mailed to the Executive Secretary by March 1st. State and American D...

The State Land Judging CDE was held on November 7th in Hardinsburg. The top five teams were: Fleming County Monroe County Calloway County Adair County Webster County The top individuals were: Cassie Porter- Fleming County Erica Rogers- Calloway County Ashley Bragg-...

Murray State University hosted the state FFA Horse Judging, Horsemanship, and Veterinary Science Career Development Events on Wednesday, November 20th.  Thanks to the faculty and staff of the Hutson School of Agriculture for planning and coordinating these events.   Horse Judging The top...