1. NATIONAL FFA

2. The FFA Creed
 I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds - achievements
won by the present and past generations of agriculturists; in the promise of better days through
better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us from the struggles of former
years.
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I believe that to live and work on a good farm, or to be engaged in other agricultural pursuits, is
pleasant as well as challenging; for I know the joys and discomforts of agricultural life and hold an
inborn fondness for those associations which, even in hours of discouragement, I cannot deny.
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I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others. I believe in my own ability to work
efficiently and think clearly, with such knowledge and skill as I can secure, and in the ability of
progressive agriculturists to serve our own and the public interest in producing and marketing the
product of our toil.
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I believe in less dependence on begging and more power in bargaining; in the life abundant and
enough honest wealth to help make it so--for others as well as myself; in less need for charity and
more of it when needed; in being happy myself and playing square with those whose happiness
depends upon me.
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I believe that American agriculture can and will hold true to the best traditions of our national life
and that I can exert an influence in my home and community which will stand solid for my part in
that inspiring task.

3. History
 FFA was founded in 1928 which brought
together students, teachers, and ag business
 Started by 33 young farm boys
 No one knows exactly how many, but millions
of students have mastered the FFA jacket and
creed

4. Contests
 Leadership contests are performed in the fall
 Most of all leadership contests are speaking
 Skills contests are done in the spring
 All hands on, actually doing something physical

5. Leadership Contests
 FFA Creed Speaking
 Prepared Public Speaking Division I
 Prepared Public Speaking Division II
 Prepared Public Speaking Advanced
 Extemporaneous Speaking
 Parliamentary Procedure
 Job Interview
 Agriculture Issues Forum

6. Skills Contests
 Agricultural Business  Job Interview
Management  Livestock Evaluation
 Agricultural Mechanics  Meats Evaluation and
 Agronomy Technology
 Aquaculture  Nursery/Landscape
 Dairy Foods  Range Management
 Entomology  Soils
 Field Crop  Wildlife Management
 Forestry

7. Ag Education
 Leadership development
 Personal Growth
 Career Success
 Classroom/lab
 SAE
 Student leadership organizations
(FFA, National Young Farmer Education
Assoc.)

8. SAE
 SAE is a Supervised Agricultural Experience.
With an SAE students learn by actually doing.
With their teachers help, students choose a
project based on one or more categories.
There are four categories to pick from.
 Entrepreneurship
 Placement
 Research and Experimentation
 Exploratory

9. SAE-Entrepreneurship
 To own and operate an agricultural business
(lawn care services, a pay-to-
fish operation holiday poinsettia production
and sales)

10. SAE-Placement
 To get a job or internship on a farm or
ranch, at an agriculture-based business, or in
a school or factory laboratory

11. SAE-Research and
Experimentation
 To plan and conduct a scientific experiment
(determine whether the phases of the moon
affect plant growth, or test and determine
the efficacy of different welding methods)

12. SAE-Exploratory
 To explore careers in agriculture by attending
an agriculture career fair, or creating a report
or documentary by working with a vet.

13. My FFA Experience
 Personally, my experience with the FFA in the
last three years have been amazing. Most people
think that it is just for kids who live on a
farm..well they’re wrong! You can want nothing
to do with farming and animals and be apart of
the FFA! Sadly the only hard part is that you
must be enrolled in an Agri-Science class, and
here at Morrice we don’t have any of those
classes. For me, I have to be dual enrolled with
Perry and go there everyday to be in the FFA. But
it has gotten me so many more opportunities
that just aren’t available anywhere else!

14. FFA Projects

15. Resources
 Benny Mazur, “Vocational FFA emblem” July 31, 2007 via
Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution