FFA New Horizons

This Minnesota student’s love of ag has taken her to the far corners of the world – and her quest to teach others is just taking off.

We ask the National FFA Officer Team about having a global mindset.

Can you match these fun facts with the correct 2016-17 National FFA Officer?

The bond this man has with his granddaughters is enough to make anyone swell with pride.

The 250-member Washington County FFA Alumni Chapter proves there really is strength in numbers.

Michela Walker, 2016 National FFA Talent Competition winner, shares a few songs she plays on repeat.

Retailers in ten states will offer shoppers the opportunity to support FFA members as they purchase G&R Farms Vidalia sweet onions through June 1.

FFA has awarded more than $2.7 million in scholarships to 1,883 recipients

Valerie Earley was called to a meeting at The White House in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.

The agricultural education program of an impressive Arizona FFA Chapter earned more recognition this week as it was featured on PBS NewsHour. Monument Valley FFA Chapter, located in Kayenta, Arizona,  is home to a career and technical education program that defies odds and serves students inside the Navajo Nation. The program is coordinated by Clyde McBride, recently named as an Education Week Leader To Learn From: McBride, who is the director of career and technical education in the 2,000-student Kayenta Unified school district, started this program in 1990 and has built it into a powerhouse that catapults students past the odds they’d face without it. In a Native American community of high poverty and unemployment, his 200 students outscore their peers statewide on math and English tests, and 100 percent graduate from high school, outstripping the statewide average by 22 percentage points. Three-quarters of McBride’s graduates enroll in college or training programs. The rest go straight into the workforce. “The work he does and the successes of his students are phenomenal,” says Jeanne Roberts, who oversees [...]