154 Fun Facts About FFA

FFA's 1928 founders met in what kind of building?

A downtown hotel: the delegates had come to Kansas City for a national livestock judging contest, but they gathered at the Hotel Baltimore to vote the new organization into being.

How did the federal government mark FFA's 25th anniversary in 1953?

A commemorative postage stamp: the 3-cent issue, then the cost of mailing a first-class letter, went on sale first at that year's National FFA Convention.

How many delegates attended the first National FFA Convention in 1928?

33 delegates from 18 states met at Kansas City's Baltimore Hotel on November 20, 1928 to organize the Future Farmers of America.

Who was the first national FFA president?

Leslie Applegate of Freehold, New Jersey, went on to spend his whole career running his family's apple orchards there.

Which small state's 1950 charter finally put an FFA association in all 48 states?

Rhode Island was the last of the 48 states to charter an association, so late that two overseas territories already had theirs.

The FFA motto runs 'Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to' what?

Serve ends the motto, which FFA describes as twelve short words for members to live by; its closing phrase, Living to Serve, also names the organization's community service program.

What are the official FFA colors?

National blue and corn gold echo the blue field of the U.S. flag and golden fields of ripened corn; a 2003 campaign, 'Only Blue Will Do!', restored jackets whose colors had drifted from the true shades.

The famous FFA jacket is made of what fabric?

Blue corduroy jackets were first made in 1933 for an Ohio chapter band by Dr. Gus Lintner and adopted as official dress at that year's national convention.

The FFA jacket originated with a chapter band in which Ohio town?

Fredericktown's FFA band wore the jackets, ordered by advisor Gus Lintner from a uniform maker in Van Wert, to the 1933 national convention, where delegates liked them enough to adopt them as official dress.

On the FFA emblem, what does the cross section of an ear of corn represent?

Unity is the corn's meaning because it is grown in every state; it also forms the emblem's base, just as corn was historically the foundation crop of American agriculture.

On the FFA emblem, what does the owl represent?

Knowledge is what the owl stands for, a bird long recognized for its wisdom; the emblem's first designers borrowed it from a picture used by a young farmers' organization in Denmark.

What does the rising sun on the FFA emblem signify?

Progress is what the rising sun signifies, along with a promise that tomorrow will bring 'a new day, glowing with opportunity'.

Who wrote the FFA Creed?

E. M. Tiffany wrote the Creed in 1928, and it has outlasted an attempt to replace it: in 1990 an entirely new creed was put before the convention and was not adopted.

Learning and explaining the FFA Creed is a requirement for which FFA degree?

The Greenhand FFA Degree asks first-year members to learn and explain the Creed, which newcomers recite, the Official Manual says, to reflect their growing belief in agriculture.

Which FFA degree was approved in 2000 for middle-school members?

The Discovery FFA Degree filled a gap: seventh and eighth graders had been allowed to join in 1988 but had no degree of their own until delegates approved this one twelve years later.

What does SAE stand for in FFA?

Supervised Agricultural Experience is a condition of membership, not an extra: under the FFA constitution a member's agriculture course must include an SAE aimed at preparing for a career.

What does FFA call competitions such as meat evaluation, land judging and tractor driving?

Career Development Events grew out of judging contests older than FFA itself: vocational agriculture students held a national livestock judging contest in 1926, two years before the organization existed.

Which FFA officer is stationed by the plow?

The vice president is stationed by the plow, the symbol of labor and tillage of the soil, because the office helps direct the chapter's work; it also takes the chair when the president is away.

The FFA treasurer is stationed by an emblem of which historical figure?

George Washington kept his farm accounts 'carefully and accurately', the treasurer says in the opening ceremony, adding that he served his country better for being financially independent.

Which FFA officer keeps the meeting room comfortable?

The Sentinel, stationed by the door, sees that it stays open to the 'many friends of the FFA', looks after the room and its paraphernalia, and helps the president keep order.

The FFA secretary is stationed by which symbol?

The ear of corn is the secretary's station, to keep records and 'correspond with other secretaries wherever corn is grown and FFA members meet'.

Before 1969, FFA chapters chose a girl for which title?

Chapter Sweetheart was the role: chosen by the boys, she represented the chapter at events and wore her own white or sky-blue jacket rather than the members' own.

Corey Flournoy, elected FFA's first African American national president in 1994, grew up in which big city?

Chicago was home: Flournoy knew little about farming until he enrolled at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, and he became the first national president from an urban background.

Why was the Future Farmers of America renamed the National FFA Organization in 1988?

To reflect agriculture's diversity: delegates wanted a name covering the science, business and technology of agriculture as well as farming, though the letters still stand for Future Farmers of America.

Which president signed the bill that first gave FFA a federal charter?

Harry Truman signed the charter into law in 1950, and seven years later, by then a former president, he came to address the national convention himself.

Who was the first sitting U.S. president to speak at a National FFA Convention?

Dwight Eisenhower addressed the 1953 convention, FFA's silver anniversary, and delegates sent him home with an Honorary American Farmer Degree.

Which future U.S. president was an FFA member in high school?

Jimmy Carter held his first elected office in the FFA chapter at Plains, Georgia; he came back to address the national convention as a candidate in 1975 and as president in 1978.

FFA's former national headquarters near Alexandria, Virginia, stood on land once part of which historic estate?

Mount Vernon's old farmland supplied the 28.5 acres FFA bought in 1939; a national camp stood there first, and the National FFA Center was dedicated on the site in 1959.

As of 2025, about how many student members does FFA have nationwide?

About 1 million: FFA counted 1,042,245 student members in 2025, double the half-million it reported in 2007.

Which award, one of FFA's first, was won by Carlton Patton of Arkansas in 1929?

Star Farmer of America was sponsored for its first twenty years by a newspaper, the Kansas City Star; in 1939 identical twins Albert and Arthur Lacy of Texas became the only members ever to share the title.

What was the FFA magazine renamed in 1989?

FFA New Horizons replaced The National Future Farmer in 1989, a year after the organization itself dropped Future Farmers of America as its official name.

An FFA jacket's three medals mark the highest degree, award and what else?

Office held completes the set: no more than three medals may be worn, so each higher degree, office or award a member earns takes the place of the one before.

What is lettered above the emblem on the back of an FFA jacket?

The state name goes above the emblem and the chapter's below it, so a jacket shows where its wearer comes from; the member's own name goes on the front beside a smaller emblem.

For official dress, how must an FFA member wear the jacket?

Zipped to the top, with the collar turned down and the cuffs buttoned; the Official Manual adds that a faded, worn jacket should be discarded or have its emblems and lettering removed.

What was the first official FFA dress in 1930, before the jacket?

Dark blue shirt, cap and yellow tie made up the uniform delegates authorized in 1930, at the same convention that restricted membership to boys.

Which Californian was elected the first female national FFA president in 1982?

Jan Eberly won the office thirteen years after FFA admitted girls; she later became the U.S. Treasury's assistant secretary for economic policy.

Which automaker made the first $1 million contribution to the National FFA Foundation, in 2006?

Ford Motor Company's 2006 gift was the Foundation's first seven-figure contribution; Ram's million followed in 2013, paid out as viewers watched its Super Bowl farmer ad online.

Which WWE Hall of Famer once held a state FFA office?

Jim Ross was Oklahoma's FFA speech champion, a statewide star known for his stirring speeches, and was elected a state officer in 1970: early training for a ringside announcer.

Which pop superstar is listed among notable FFA alumni?

Taylor Swift is on FFA's own list of prominent former members with the Hendersonville, Tennessee chapter; she spent two years at the town's high school before her career moved her to homeschooling.

Which Challenger astronaut, raised in coffee-growing country, had been an FFA member?

Ellison Onizuka grew up in Kona, Hawaii's coffee district, active in FFA, 4-H and the Boy Scouts; the first Asian American in space, he is quoted on the last page of U.S. passports.

Which city hosted its first National FFA Convention in 2006?

Indianapolis welcomed its first National FFA Convention in 2006, eight years after FFA had moved its national headquarters to the city.

FFA's first international exchange program, begun in the late 1940s, was with the Young Farmers Clubs of which country?

Great Britain's Young Farmers Club was the first partner; the exchanges it began have grown into programs such as the seminar that sends state FFA officers abroad to visit farms and agribusinesses.

Which president greeted FFA members on the White House lawn in 1933?

Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his first year in office, met the members during an FFA pilgrimage to the nation's capital.

Since a 2022 amendment, FFA membership can begin as early as which grade?

Fifth grade became the floor in 2022, when the board ratified delegates' vote to admit fifth and sixth graders; seventh and eighth graders had been welcome since 1988.

The official Spanish version of the FFA Creed, settled in 2014, opens with which word?

Creo, 'I believe', opens every paragraph just as in English; in 2014 Puerto Rico FFA and other Spanish-speaking members agreed one text to replace the several versions then in use.

National FFA vice presidents are elected from the Eastern, Southern, Western and which other region?

Central is the fourth region: the FFA constitution gives the national team one vice president from each, and there is no Northern region to complete the compass.

What serves as the official FFA salute?

The Pledge of Allegiance is the official salute, and the Official Manual says it should always be used in the closing ceremony, so members end each meeting facing the flag, hand over heart.

FFA's congressional charter sits in the U.S. Code among which bodies?

Patriotic and national organizations fill that part of Title 36, so FFA's charter is filed alongside the American Legion's and the Boy Scouts' rather than with farm or education law.

A Greenhand FFA Degree pin is made of which metal?

Bronze suits a beginner, the Greenhand ceremony explains: its 'hardness and endurance' are qualities to carry a member on toward the silver pin and golden charm of the higher degrees.

Who serves as the advisor of a local FFA chapter?

The school's agriculture teacher serves as advisor because FFA is intracurricular: it runs as part of the agriculture classes themselves, not as an after-school club.

Who nominates each year's national FFA officer team?

Nine student delegates form the nominating committee: they interview every state's candidate at the convention, then put forward the slate that delegates elect for a one-year term.

The FFA mission names premier leadership, personal growth and what third outcome?

Career success, not farming alone, closes the mission: FFA says its members prepare for work in science, business and technology as well as production agriculture.

Which South Carolina university's apparel researchers re-cut the FFA jacket's pattern in 2004?

Clemson University's Apparel Research Center drew new patterns so the jacket would fit today's students, part of a 2003-05 restoration that also corrected its drifting color.

The redesigned FFA jacket of 2005 was sewn in Ohio and which Asian country?

Vietnam shared the cutting and sewing with a plant in Ohio; FFA credits that global sourcing with holding the jacket's price down, since the Ohio-made ones cost more.

What color are the slacks or skirt worn as part of FFA official dress?

Black slacks or a black skirt anchor official dress, and since a late-2010s rule change any member may choose either one, whichever they are comfortable in.

FFA chapter meetings follow parliamentary procedure as set out in which guide?

Robert's Rules of Order guides every chapter meeting so that business moves in order and each member's rights are protected.

Which company gave early FFA chapters the plows displayed at an officer's station?

John Deere supplied the plows after Henry Groseclose, who wrote FFA's ceremonies, secured them from the company.

Where is a State or American FFA Degree key worn on the jacket?

Above the name on the right chest is the spot for a State FFA Degree charm or American FFA Degree key, the single exception to the rule that medals sit below the name.

At which National FFA Convention was the FFA Creed adopted?

The 3rd National FFA Convention, held in Kansas City in 1930, adopted the Creed by delegate vote.

The author of the FFA Creed, E.M. Tiffany, came from which state?

Kansas: Erwin Milton Tiffany of Lyndon, Kansas wrote the Creed that delegates adopted in 1930.

A 1990 revision of the FFA Creed changed 'generations of farmers' to generations of what?

Agriculturists replaced farmers, and 'the future of farming' became 'the future of agriculture', as delegates at the 63rd convention widened the wording rather than adopt a wholly new Creed the board had proposed.

Which FFA officer is stationed by the flag?

The reporter stands by the flag because, as the flag covers the whole country, the reporter's job is to let the public know that FFA is a national organization.

The chapter chaplain may be stationed by which symbol?

The white dove marks the optional chaplain's station in the Official Manual; as a symbol of peace it suits every faith, where the Bible some chapters used would favor one.

Which FFA officer is stationed by the rising sun?

The president is stationed by the rising sun, 'the token of a new era in agriculture', and presides over chapter meetings.

Former FFA members flew on the 1942 bombing raid on Tokyo led by which pilot?

Jimmy Doolittle led sixteen bombers off an aircraft carrier; Travis Hoover, a former FFA member from California, piloted the second plane, right behind Doolittle's.

In the FFA opening ceremony, the chapter advisor is stationed by which emblem symbol?

The owl marks the advisor's place: being 'older than the rest of you', the advisor answers the roll call 'Here by the owl' and promises advice 'as the need arises'.

Which was the last of the 50 states to receive a national FFA charter, in 1976?

Alaska was chartered at the 1976 national convention as the 51st state association, not the 50th, because Puerto Rico had held a charter since 1932.

In what year was the National FFA Foundation formed?

1944: the National FFA Foundation was formed to raise sponsor money for awards, scholarships and programs.

Which president's 1974 National FFA Convention speech was carried live on network television?

Gerald Ford, two months into office, used the speech to enlist FFA members in his campaign against inflation, telling them 'farmers are the frontline soldiers'.

Which comic strip's creator was once an FFA chapter president in Indiana?

Garfield's creator, Jim Davis, grew up on a cattle farm in Fairmount, Indiana, and gave the cat's owner, Jon Arbuckle, the same farm-boy childhood.

Who became FFA's first female African-American national president in 2017?

Breanna Holbert of California had no farm background and chose her first agriculture class expecting easy gardening, on an eighth-grade counselor's advice.

Which city hosted the National FFA Convention from 1999 to 2005?

Louisville, Kentucky came back as host from 2013 to 2015, after the board decided in 2008 to rotate the convention between two cities rather than keep it in one.

Which FFA award honors a member's best SAE project in a single area such as beef production?

Agricultural Proficiency Awards honor members whose SAEs built specialized skills they can carry into a career; the first, in 1944, went to a project in agricultural mechanics.

Which Buffalo Bills quarterback is a former FFA member?

Josh Allen joined FFA at Firebaugh High School in California, working his family's farm and placing among the nation's best in diversified crop production in 2014.

Which Glee actor appears among FFA's notable alumni?

Chris Colfer was in FFA at Clovis East High School in California, where he was told he couldn't sing 'Defying Gravity' because it was a girl's song, a slight Glee later wrote into his character's story.

Which 2004 comedy by FFA alumnus Jared Hess sends its hero to an FFA milk-judging contest?

Napoleon Dynamite and his friend Pedro win medals grading milk at an FFA contest; Hess shot the film in Preston, Idaho, the hometown where he had been an FFA member.

Which future U.S. senator served as a national FFA vice president?

Sam Brownback, who held the national office in 1976-77, later said he 'would not be in Congress if it wasn't for the FFA', which first stirred his interest in politics.

Which Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was an FFA member in high school?

Nicholas Kristof was a state FFA officer in Oregon, raised on a cherry farm in Yamhill that his family has since replanted to make wine and cider.

Which star of The Bachelor is a former FFA member?

Chris Soules, a fourth-generation farmer from Arlington, Iowa, joined FFA at Starmont High School; fans of The Bachelorette took to him, and he was cast as the next Bachelor.

Which Fox & Friends co-host is a former FFA member?

Doocy grew up in Kansas and is also a best-selling cookbook author.

In which Alabama town was the New Farmers of America organized?

Tuskegee Institute hosted the August 1935 meeting at which state associations that had grown up across the South joined into one national organization.

What was the highest New Farmers of America degree?

Superior Farmer stood on the top step above Modern Farmer, Improved Farmer and Farm Hand: the NFA kept the shape of FFA's degree ladder but gave every rung a title of its own.

New Farmers of America held its national day each April 5, the birthday of which educator?

Booker T. Washington's name also went on one of the organization's regional sections, and members marked his birthday with programs in their schools and communities.

Which crop appeared on the New Farmers of America emblem in place of corn?

An open boll of cotton, with two leaves at its base, stood for the crop that was the main economic interest of many members' families.

Where did G.W. Owens teach when he wrote the constitution for the New Farmers movement?

Virginia State College employed G.W. Owens as a teacher trainer; the state organization he chartered there in 1927 became the model that other Southern states copied.

What did the letters FFV originally stand for before Groseclose reused them?

First Families of Virginia was the name for the state's old landed elite, and Groseclose chose the same initials so farm boys could share them with pride.

In which Virginia community did Henry Groseclose live most of his life?

A state historic marker honoring him stands in Bland County near Ceres.

Henry Groseclose belonged to which fraternal order, whose three degrees the FFV's ranks echoed?

The Masons' degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason were matched by FFV's own ranks, and FFA's opening roll call of officers follows the Masonic pattern too.

What was the highest of the three original FFV membership levels?

Virginia Planter topped the three-step ladder Henry Groseclose devised, an idea of rising by achievement that FFA carried into its own degrees.

Henry Groseclose drafted the FFV constitution while a patient in which hospital?

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore kept Groseclose for about six months, and he used the confinement to write the constitution and bylaws the national FFA later built on.

What did Groseclose announce he had written at the 1930 national convention?

The manual outlined the organization's procedures and structures.

The owl on the FFA emblem was inspired by a Danish farm group's picture of an owl on which tool?

A spade handle was the owl's perch in the Danish picture; for the FFV emblem of 1927, Groseclose swapped the spade for a plow and set a rising sun behind it.

In the FFA opening ceremony, members answer 'Why are we here?' by pledging first to practice what?

Brotherhood opens the reply all members give in unison, part of the ceremony Henry Groseclose wrote in the 1920s, which the national organization took over as its own ritual.

FFA was founded during which annual stock show, where vocational agriculture students had come to judge livestock?

The American Royal had invited vocational agriculture students to judge livestock since 1926, and the delegates who created FFA were in town for it; the convention then met alongside the show for decades.

The Smith-Hughes Act created which body to administer its funds?

The Federal Board for Vocational Education had to approve each state's plan before releasing the act's money, which states were required to match dollar for dollar.

Which vocational subject was the only one the Smith-Hughes Act recognized for girls?

The act funded agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking, but only homemaking was aimed at girls.

Fred McClure, the first African American elected a national FFA officer, later served as an aide to which president?

Ronald Reagan hired McClure in 1985 to press the White House's bills in the Senate, and George H.W. Bush later put him in charge of its dealings with Congress.

In an FFA meeting, what do three taps of the gavel signal?

All members stand in unison on the third tap; two taps call the meeting to order and a single tap seats everyone, a code that lets the chair direct the room.

Which president signed the first Morrill Land-Grant Act?

Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act on July 2, 1862; it gave each state federal land to sell to endow colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts, today's land-grant universities.

Which magazine put Joe Moore, FFA's top young farmer of 1955, on its cover?

Time ran Joe Moore's picture on its October 24, 1955 cover, a week after Ed Sullivan's and two weeks after Richard Nixon's, rare national billing for a young farmer.

In which season is the National FFA Convention & Expo held each year?

Fall: the convention keeps the season of its early decades, when delegates met alongside a major autumn livestock show.

Agricultural education's three-part model joins FFA and SAE with which third component?

Classroom instruction, in the lab as well as at the desk, comes first; an SAE project applies its lessons and FFA builds leadership on top, so the model is drawn as overlapping circles.

The FFA closing ceremony urges members to be 'honest and fair in the game of' what?

Life: each meeting closes with a charge to be 'diligent in labor, just in our dealings, courteous to everyone and, above all, honest and fair in the game of life'.

Which star of the TV drama Lost was an FFA member at Wind River High School in Wyoming?

Matthew Fox grew up on his family's ranch at Crowheart, and it was his rancher father who prodded him to leave Wyoming and try a school back East.

Which two words open every paragraph of the FFA Creed, the statement first-year members memorize?

I believe opens all five paragraphs of a Creed adopted in 1930. FFA says those paragraphs represent its values and time-honored history.

The first paragraph of the FFA Creed speaks of the promise of better days through better what?

Ways rhymes with days in the opening paragraph's promise. The Creed has had its own national speaking event since 1999.

The FFA Creed's opening paragraph says its faith in agriculture's future is born of what, rather than words?

Deeds, the Creed goes on, are the achievements won by present and past generations of agriculturists. Delegates adopted the statement in 1930.

The third paragraph of the FFA Creed calls for leadership from ourselves and what from others?

Respect from others is paired with leadership that starts with oneself. The paragraph then turns to working efficiently and serving the public interest.

The FFA Creed's fourth paragraph calls for less dependence on begging and more power in what?

Bargaining replaces begging in a paragraph about standing on one's own feet. The Creed was adopted in 1930, a year after the Wall Street crash.

In the final paragraph of the FFA Creed, a member vows to exert an influence at home and where else?

Community follows home in the Creed's closing paragraph, the only one of the five to mention American agriculture by name.

The FFA Creed's second paragraph calls living and working on a good farm pleasant as well as what?

Challenging sits beside pleasant because the Creed does not pretend farm life is easy. The same paragraph also covers members engaged in other agricultural pursuits.

The fourth paragraph of the FFA Creed hopes for less need for what, and more of it when needed?

Charity should be needed less but given more freely when it is, the Creed says. The same paragraph wants a life abundant for others as well as oneself.

According to the FFA Creed's first paragraph, the better things enjoyed now came from what of former years?

Struggles of former years are credited with the better things enjoyed now. The paragraph honors past generations while trusting agriculture's future.

The FFA Creed's fourth paragraph ends with playing how with those whose happiness depends on the member?

Square dealing means treating people justly, and the Creed asks it toward anyone who relies on the member. The same line also values being happy oneself.

In the FFA Creed's second paragraph, the speaker knows the joys of agricultural life and what else?

Discomforts get equal billing with joys, a candid note for a statement of belief. The speaker goes on to admit a fondness for farm life all the same.

The FFA Creed's second paragraph admits a fondness for farm life that holds even in hours of what?

Discouragement cannot shake what the Creed calls an inborn fondness for agricultural life and the associations that come with it.

In the FFA Creed's third paragraph, the speaker trusts an ability to work efficiently and think how?

Clearly is how the Creed wants members to think, using whatever skill they can secure. The paragraph also trusts progressive agriculturists to serve more than themselves.

The third paragraph of the FFA Creed closes by speaking of marketing the product of our what?

Toil, meaning long hard work, ends a paragraph about producing and marketing in the public interest as well as one's own.

Which paragraph of the FFA Creed is the only one made up of two sentences instead of one?

The third paragraph states its belief twice, in leadership and then in the speaker's own ability. Each of the other four runs as one long sentence.

What kind of wealth does the FFA Creed's fourth paragraph say is enough to help make life abundant?

Honest wealth is all the Creed asks for, and only enough of it to make life abundant for others as well as the speaker.

The FFA Creed's final paragraph says American agriculture will hold true to the best what of national life?

Traditions of national life are what the Creed trusts American agriculture to keep. FFA says the statement expresses the core values of citizenship and patriotism.

The FFA Creed ends with the member standing solid for a part in an inspiring what?

Task is the final word of the Creed. FFA marked the statement's 85th anniversary in 2015 with a video of members reciting it from across the country.

National FFA's Creed Speaking event is open only to members in which school grades?

Seventh through ninth graders are the only members eligible for the national event, whose first winner, in 1999, came from Arkansas.

In an FFA Creed Speaking event, what must a member do after reciting the Creed from memory?

Speakers must answer questions about it and about basic agriculture, so the event rewards understanding as well as memory.

Which chapter-level award goes to the most active first-year FFA member with a strong SAE and leadership?

Star Greenhand is the first rung on a ladder of Star awards that climbs through chapter and state honors to the American Stars named at the national level.

In the Greenhand ceremony, the advisor says a pin of which metal awaits those who earn the Chapter FFA Degree?

Silver is held up as more precious than the metal of the Greenhand pin, a reminder that higher honors remain. State degree holders receive a golden charm.

Which level of the organization confers the Greenhand FFA Degree on members who meet its minimum requirements?

The local chapter awards the Greenhand and Chapter degrees; state associations confer the State FFA Degree, and only the national body grants the American.

Greenhand FFA Degree candidates must know the proper use of the jacket and which 1952 statement of member behavior?

The Code of Ethics, a list of pledges that includes good sportsmanship and courtesy, was revised by delegates in 1995.

In which month do FFA chapters celebrate National FFA Week, timed to span a founding father's birthday?

February is fixed because the week always takes in the 22nd, the birthday of a president FFA honors as an agriculturist and farmer. The first was held in 1948.

Which broadcaster's speech to the 1978 National FFA Convention was later used in Ram's 2013 Super Bowl commercial?

Paul Harvey's tribute to farmers aired during the game, and the truck maker gave FFA $1 million after pledging $100,000 for every million YouTube views.

In an FFA meeting, what does one tap of the presiding officer's gavel tell members to do?

Be seated is the message of a single tap, which also follows a finished item of business. A different count of taps brings the whole room to its feet.

Five FFA jackets were donated in 2014 to which institution in the nation's capital?

The Smithsonian took the five jackets into its National Museum of American History, 81 years after the jacket was adopted as Official Dress.

Which presidential candidate spoke at the 1968 National FFA Convention a month before winning the White House?

Richard Nixon addressed FFA members as a candidate and was elected the following month. George H.W. Bush spoke as vice president in 1987, a year before his own win.

Which one-word nickname was attached to the 1946 National FFA Convention, held to honor World War II veterans?

The Victory Convention drew 12,500 people and honored the 260,450 members who served, including 7,188 who lost their lives in the war.

Which written plan defines an FFA chapter's goals and summarizes the events planned for the year ahead?

The Program of Activities, or POA, is planned by the members themselves, and Greenhand candidates are expected to know their own chapter's.

In the Greenhand FFA Degree ceremony, the pin's metal is praised for its hardness and which other quality?

Endurance and hardness are the qualities the advisor hopes will carry new members far, since the metal once replaced crude stone tools.

When the Future Farmers of America formed in 1928, national dues were set at how much per member?

10 cents a member was the first national dues rate, agreed by delegates who had come from 18 states.

At which hotel, sharing its name with an East Coast city, was the Future Farmers of America established in 1928?

The Baltimore Hotel was where delegates created the organization; a commemorative marker noting the site of the founding was unveiled in 1978.

Which radio network launched the National FFA Radio Program in 1931, three years after the organization was founded?

NBC put the three-year-old organization on the air in 1931, the year after its Creed and first uniform were adopted.

Near which city did FFA buy 28.5 acres in 1939 for its first organization-owned national headquarters?

Alexandria was home to the first National FFA Center, dedicated in 1959 on land that had once been part of a president's estate.

Which livestock show hosted the 1926 judging contest for agriculture students held two years before FFA began?

The American Royal Livestock and Horse Show drew what was billed as the First National Congress of Vocational Agriculture Students.

Which federal law, passed by Congress in 1950, granted the Future Farmers of America a federal charter?

Public Law 81-740 gave the organization its first federal charter; a 1998 technical revision replaced it with Public Law 105-225.

The Texas Greenhand FFA Quiz covers FFA history and facts plus which handbook of parliamentary procedure?

Gray's Guide to Parliamentary Procedure for FFA is on the study list for the written exam, which Texas teams of three or four members take.

By what name does the Texas FFA constitution know the State FFA Degree, the top honor a state association gives?

Lone Star Farmer Degree is the Texas name for the state degree, and candidates for state office must hold it when they stand for election.

In which city is the Texas FFA Association's state office, found on East 12th Street?

Austin is the state capital, and Texas FFA brings members there for Day in the Capital, a legislative leadership experience.

A former Texas FFA member was among three alumni who flew in which famous 1942 bombing mission over Tokyo?

The Doolittle Raid included Robert Gray of Texas and two other former members, all flying under the lieutenant colonel who gave the mission its name.

What does Texas FFA call the twelve semi-autonomous divisions that each elect one state officer a year?

Areas are divided in turn into four to seven districts each, 66 across the state, and every level elects its own slate of officers.

Albert and Arthur Lacy of Hondo, Texas, the only members to share FFA's top farmer title, were related how?

Identical twins, the Lacys were honored together in 1939, and no other members have ever shared the organization's top farming title.

Texas led FFA's 2023-24 membership count with over 177,000 members; which state association ranked second?

California counted 104,450 members that year, far behind Texas, whose 1,097 chapters were roughly three times the Golden State's total.

Texas FFA elects its state president by delegate vote and which other measure, weighted at 60 percent?

An interview score counts for 60 percent and the delegates' vote for 40; the runner-up takes the team's second-ranking office.

Which Texan, elected national FFA secretary in 1973, was the first African American to hold a national FFA office?

Fred McClure broke the barrier eight years after FFA merged with the organization for Black agriculture students; a national president followed in 1994.

Which boxing legend was recognized as a special guest at the 75th National FFA Convention in 2002?

Muhammad Ali was recognized during the Reflections program, at a convention that also opened a time capsule sealed at the 50th convention.

Which FFA fundraising campaign, launched in 2005, rebuilt Gulf Coast agriculture programs after Hurricane Katrina?

Seeds of Hope distributed $835,699 in donations to agricultural education and FFA programs in the Gulf Coast states the storm had damaged.

In FFA meetings, the presiding officer's gavel is described as the symbol of what quality?

Authority is what the gavel stands for, and used correctly it keeps meetings orderly; a series of sharp taps restores order when needed.