Cultivate
Shovels.Gavels.Purpose.
11,400 chapters · 1,000,000+ members · One mission.
Numbers that change
trajectories.
Every stat below represents a real teenager, a real county fair, a real moment when a small town felt like enough.
of members report stronger public speaking confidence after their first year.
Community service hours logged last year by FFA members nationwide.
in scholarships awarded annually to members pursuing agricultural careers.
Agricultural career pathways accessible through FFA education and SAE projects.
Members, advisors, and families attended the 2023 National FFA Convention.
Female membership — FFA reflects the full diversity of modern agriculture.
Three things that build
a whole person.
Raise. Show. Win.
A fourteen-year-old wakes at 5 a.m. to feed her first market hog. Eight months later, she walks that animal into the ring at the state fair.
Stand. Speak. Lead.
The FFA Creed, memorized word-for-word. Then a debate. Then a motion to the floor. By 16, they run the meeting.
Plant. Build. Serve.
2.3 million community service hours last year. Tree planting, food drives, soil conservation — work that outlasts the school year.
Stories from the
dirt floor up.
Real outcomes from real chapters. The numbers persuade; the stories explain why.
I raised my first market hog sophomore year. By junior year I was running the chapter treasury and had a $4,200 scholarship offer. FFA didn't just teach me agriculture — it taught me I was capable of more than this county expected.
My son walked into his first creed recitation shaking. He walked out with a blue ribbon and a posture I hadn't seen before. That evening he told me he wanted to be a veterinarian. He starts at Iowa State in August.
I joined thinking it was just about farming. Three CDEs, two state conventions, and one national trip later — I understand supply chains, public policy, and how to chair a meeting. No other class in my school teaches that.
Your small town
is enough.
There are 9,235 chapters across all 50 states. One of them is waiting for a teenager who wakes up early, works hard, and wants to be seen for more than where they're from.