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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 ...

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...

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...

Displays of pumpkins, mums, and corn stalks in front of a homes and businesses have become as much a part of fall as pumpkin pie and falling leaves. For Hannah York of Caldwell County FFA, these displays have grown into an award winning business! In 2014, Hannah talked to a few businesses betw...

On Saturday, November 11, over 200 volunteers gatherd at Harrison County Middle School to pack over 16,000 meals for impoverished regions of Haiti.  Volunteers included agriculture students from Harrison County Middle School and Harrison County High School as well as various members of the commun...

The Kentucky FFA Foundation has announced the selection of 11 FFA chapters across Kentucky for a 2017 Better Days Through Better Ways grant.  The Better Days Through Better Ways initiative awards $1,000 grants to Kentucky FFA chapters for service learning projects addressing food insecurity an...

Farming is a risky business.  Many factors impact production, yields, and prices and most of those are completely out of the control of the farmer.  It is therefore critical that agriculture producers (especially young and beginning farmers) have plans in place for managing these risks.  The arti...

  The 88th Annual Kentucky FFA State Convention was held June 6-8 in Lexington.  An all-time record 2815 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 Leader...

Kentucky FFA was well represented at the 89th Annual National FFA Convention, which was held October 19-22 in Indianapolis.  Over 64,000 FFA members, advisors, and guests attended the Convention, which is the largest youth organization gathering in the United States. Spencer County FFA won the...

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...

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...

During the Rising Sun Conference (September 18-19) the State FFA Officers introduced a new membership campaign known as #giveme5 The State Officers have set a goal of increasing state wide FFA membership to 15,000 for the 2015-2016 school year.  To accomplish this goal, each chapter in the sta...

The 86th Kentucky FFA State Convention was held in Lexington June 9-11. Just over 2600 people attended the Convention nearly tying the all time record attendance figure that was set in 2014 according to preliminary attendance figures. The Convention included state contest finals, leadership...