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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...

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...

On November 11, 2016 the Kentucky Agricultural Council along with several other groups will host the first ever Kentucky-Tennessee Beginning Farmers Summit.  The Summit will be held in Louisville in conjunction with the North American International Livestock Exposition. Click here for complete...

The KACTE Entrepreneurship Event is a great opportunity for you to earn some extra money for your SAE program.  Entries in the contest take the form of a 4-6 minute online video about your plan to start or expand an entrepreneurial business and the submission of a one page executive summary. P...

Public school students in grades 10-12 are invited to apply for membership on the Commissioner’s Student Council, an advisory group that provides input and feedback to Kentucky Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt. The council also is designed to engage student leaders in learning by doing. ...

FFA Contests were held at the Kentucky State Fair on August 18-19, 2016.  Click here to view placings for Career Development Events and exhibits.   CDE Results are below: Agriculture Mechanics CDE Agronomy CDE Dairy Evaluation CDE Floriculture CDE Livestock Evaluation CDE ...

Six Kentucky FFA members have been selected by the National FFA Organization to participate in the National Band, Chorus, and Talent at the National FFA Convention in October.  These members were selected based on an online audition from hundreds of applicants across the nation.  They will provid...

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...

The 2016-2017 State FFA Officers were elected on June 9 at the Kentucky FFA State Convention.  They are: President- Ben Pinkston- Mercer County Vice President- Cody Burke- Fleming County’ Secretary- Gracie Furnish- Harrison County Treasurer- Jenna Harrod- Western Hills Reporter- Jo...

The Kentucky FFA Foundation is proud to announce the 2016 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...