FFA History

  • 1939

    First FFA owned National headquarters land purchased
  • 1944

    FFA formation formed in Washington D.C More than 130k Members participate in WWII
  • 1947

    First FFA Band performance at a National FFA Convention FFA Weed established during the week of George Washington’s
  • 1948

    First National FFA chorus performance First National FFA talent contest at convention
  • 1959

    First national leadership training conference held
  • 1965

    New Farmers of America
    merges with the FFA
  • 1969

    FFA memberships become available to girls
  • 1973

    Official FFA uniforms are associated to all members
  • 1996

    Official FFA website is debuted
  • 2003

    "FFA Live" is launched on TV
  • 2014

    5 FFA jackets are added to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
  • 2019

    Student memberships hit all-time-highest amount of people with over 700,000 and over 8,000 chapters