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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...

The State FFA Horse Evaluation Career Development Evant, Horsemanship Event, and Veterinary Science Career Development Event were held at Murray State University on November 15.  The events were coordinated by Murray State University faculty and staff.   In the Horse Evaluation CDE, students e...

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 Land Judging Career Development Event was held on November 2, 2017 at the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg.   The first place team was Rockcastle County FFA.  Team members were Joy Fritth, Tiffany McGuire, Hope Holbrook, and Madison Pride.    Other tea...

Gracie Furnish was elected to serve as the 2017-2018 National FFA Eastern Region Vice President on October 28.  During the coming year, she will travel over 100,000 miles serving as an ambasador for the National FFA Organization and the agriculture industry as a whole.  In addition to attending l...

Kentucky FFA was well represented at the 90th Annual National FFA Convention, which was held October 25-28 in Indianapolis. Over 67,000 FFA members, advisors, and guests attended the Convention, which is the largest youth organization gathering in the United States. Gracie Furnish of Harrison...

Brandon Davis of the Kentucky Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education was chosen as the President Elect of the National Association of Supervisors of Agricultural Education (NASAE) at the group's annual convention in Indianapolis.  Davis will serve as President Elect in 2...

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...

Applications are now available for the Kentucky FFA Livestock Grant Program.  The program provides funds to help underclassmen purchase an animal to start or expand their SAE Program. The program is open to any freshman or sophomore member who has not received a grant in the past. Application ...

The Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education is again sponsoring the KACTE Entrepreneruship Event with $2500 in prize money up for grabs! This event challenges CTSO members in grades 9-12 to complete a pitch for funding for a new or existing entrepreneurial business.  The pitch ...