1917 is where our timeline of the FFA began. Congress established the Smith-Hughes Act, which created vocational agricultural courses.
In the early 1920's, Virginia Tech agrcultural education educaters organized the FFV. The FFV stands for the Future Farmers of Virginia. This led to the establishment of the FFA.
The FFA was established in Kansas City, MO in 1928. The very first National FFA Convention held only 33 delegates from 18 different states.
In 1965, the New Farmers of America or NFA merged witht the FFA. Nine years later, the first African-American was elected FFA president.
In 1988, Future Farmers of America changes its name to the National FFA Organization to reflect the diversity within our organization. A year later, the National Future Farmer magazine changes its name to FFA New Horizons.
The Public Law 81-740 was revised ten years later through Congress. It was replaced by Public Law 105-225 on August 12, 1998.
Today, the FFA has expanded into mass numbers. Our membership has hit its all time "high" at 507,763 in 2008. All engaged in a wide rannge of agricultual education activities, leading to over 300 career opportunities.
FFA is a dynamic youth organization which hopes that all agricultual education students will discover their passion in life and build on that insight to chart the course for their educational, career, and personal future.