- The first FFA Chorus and National FFA Talent program is held at the National FFA Convention.
- National FFA Supply Service begins operation.
- Record jump in membership from 238,269 in 1947 to 260,300 in 1948. So many members (10,000) attend the 20th National FFA Convention that a folding-cot hotel is set up in the basement of the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
- First FFA Week is celebrated during the week of George Washington’s birthday.
