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The state Forestry Career Development Event was held April 27 at Green River Lake State Park in Campbellsville.  Competitors took a 50 question multiple choice exam related to forestry and participated in a variety of practicums including tree identification, timber measurements, forestry tool id...

Frankfort, KY – The Kentucky FFA Foundation and long-time partner Farm Credit Mid-America are bringing FFA’s 212° and 360° leadership training programs to more than 15,000 FFA members throughout Kentucky. The programs are designed to equip students with personal leadership skills and challenge th...

The Kentucky FFA Foundation is proud to announce the 2017 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...

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 WLC Scholarship is for $550 and the LTC Scholarships are for $150 each. Applications must be postmarked by April 1st and...

Kentucky FFA is looking for 12 outstanding members to lead the Association for the 2017-2018 year.  State Officer Candidates must be at least graduating seniors and either hold or be receiving the State FFA Degree at the 2017 Convention.  The State Officer Candidate Handbook contains complete inf...

The Extemporaneous Speaking Topics for 2017 are now available for use in speech preparation.  Click here to view and download the topics. Click here to view rules for Extemporaneous Speaking and all other state FFA contests.

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...

The Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board is sponsoring a T-shirt design contest.  Over $3000 in prizes are available to the winners.  Entries are due by Noon on December 21st.  Complete information is below. T-shirt Design Information

The State FFA Horsemanship Contest was held on November 16 at Murray State University. The top team was Henderson County FFA.  Click here to view all team scores. Thanks to the MSU Hutson School of Agriculture for hosting!

The State FFA Horse Judging and Veterinary Science Career Development Events were held November 16 at Murray State University.  A record 37 Horse Judging teams and 35 Veterinary Science teams participated.  Thanks to the MSU Hutson School of Agriculture for coordinating and hosting these events. ...

Applications for the Kentucky FFA Livestock Grant program are due December 1, 2016.  Applications must be postmarked by December 1 or emailed to matt.chaliff@education.ky.gov by December 1. The Livestock Grant Program provides funds to help underclassmen purchase an animal to start or expand t...

The State Land Judging CDE was held at the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center on November 3.   The top teams were: 1st Place- Jackson County 2nd Place- Adair County 3rd Place- Cumberland County 4th Place- Caldwell County 5th Place- Spencer County   The high individ...

The 212 Leadership Conference will be held at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond on January 27-28. The conference is designed for 9th-10th grade students.  It is recommended that a student only attend the 212° Conference once, because the content is similar from year to year.  Each partic...