FFA Timeline

By thomas.jeffreys

  • 1917

    1917
    Smith Hughes Act established funding for vocational agriculture in high school.

  • 1920s

    1920s
    Virginia was the first state to have Futures Farmers clubs for boys.

  • 1928

    1928
    FFA became a National organization. A network of teachers guided the est. of FFA as a team effort to est. a club for boys with similar farm interests.

  • 1935

    1935
    NFA was formed (New Farmers of America) for black students in the south.

  • 1950

    1950
    FFA became one of a few student organizations to recieve a Federal Charter from Congress (Public Law 740).

  • 1965

    1965
    FFA and NFA merged.

  • 1969

    1969
    Girls were allowed in FFA for the first time.

  • 1988

    1988
    Name changed from Future Famers of America to National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity in the agriculture industry.

  • 2012

    2012
    National Convention completes 7 year run in Indianapolis and returns to Lousiville, Kentucky in 2013 for 3 years.