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  Spring 2023 Launch Grants Made possible by  Mulhollem Cravens Foundation, Owensboro Grain & Give FFA Day Donors  SAE stands for “Supervised Agricultural Experience,” it is an opportunity for students to put into practice the real-life, entrepreneurial skills learned in the c...

Kentucky FFA is looking for FFA members (or groups of members) to perform as part of our first ever Kentucky FFAs Got Talent which will be held on June 6 at the State FFA Convention.  Details are below: 15-20 talent acts will be selected to participate based on video auditions Each act will ...

This article was written by Kentucky FFA Foundation Executive Director, Sheldon McKinney. It first appeared in a February issue of The Farmer's Pride.    Each January, the Foundation starts the new year by traveling all over the Commonwealth with the Kentucky FFA State Officer team on our a...

  Kentucky FFA is looking for motivated and organized individuals to assist with the Kentucky FFA State Convention!  These individuals will work during (and in some cases before) the State FFA Convention which will be held in Lexington on June 5-8.  Successful candidats will get a behind t...

The American FFA Degree is the highest honor that an FFA member can earn.  American FFA Degree applications must be completed and submitted online by February 15.  Click here to view complete guidelines and instructions.    FFA Advisors are expected to review applications and submit them for r...

”He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice…he’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice…” We all know the tune to the classic Christmas carol. We sing it over and over again until it’s just embedded into our brains. Well folks, I hope that’s how you will start feeling about me and my message ...

Kentucky FFA was well represented at the 95th Annual National FFA Convention, which was held October 26-29 in Indianapolis.  Nearly 70,000 FFA members, advisors, and guests attended the Convention, which is the largest youth organization gathering in the United States.    Mallory White of ...

The KACTE Entrepreneurship Event is intended to: encourage all CTE programs to include entrepreneurship education in their curriculum encourage CTE students to think about entrepreneurial businesses give CTE students real life experience in developing business plans and seeking funding to...

  Join Our Team as a Development Officer   The Kentucky FFA Foundation is building our team and searching for a full time Development Officer. Our ideal team member would be highly motivated, enjoys engaging with people, innovative, passionate about our mission and customer service. We ...

Congratulations to our Career Development Winners from the Kentucky State Fair!  Complete results are below. Agricultural Mechanics Agronomy Team Agronomy Individual Dairy Team Dairy Individual Floriculture Team Floriculture Individual Jr. Dairy Team Jr. Dairy Individua...

When Ken Reed was 15 years old, his ag teacher co-signed on a $17,500 loan so he could buy cattle. To put that in perspective, that would be a loan for more than $185,000 today. Reed bought the cattle, paid back the loan, and never forgot the support Mr. C.O. Neel showed him as a student. Beca...

This February, I have two special anniversaries to celebrate and they go hand in hand. At the 2012 National Farm Machinery Show, I interviewed for a job as interim Executive Director of the Kentucky FFA Foundation, working alongside my mentor and friend Billy Ray Smith as he transitioned to retir...

There is a long list of successful Hopkinsville High School graduates who credit their agriculture teacher, Mr. Earl Webb, for having a tremendous influence on them in high school.    “We had an excellent vocational agriculture/FFA ad...

Kentucky native and philanthropist Bill Gatton is well-known for supporting many causes benefitting a huge number of people from all walks of life. His recent gift to the Kentucky FFA Foundation has a connection to a much earlier time in his own history - 72 years ago ...

The American FFA Degree is the highest honor that an FFA member can earn.  American FFA Degree applications must be completed and submitted online by February 15.  Click here to view complete guidelines and instructions.    FFA Advisors are expected to review applications and submit them for r...