FFA history

  • 1917

    The Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education act, (both Senator Hoke Smith and representative Dudley Hughes were from Georgia) establishes vocational agriculture courses.
  • 1925

    Virginia Tech agricultural education teacher educators Henry C. Groseclose, Harry W. Sanders, Walter S. Newman, and Edmund C. Magill organize the future farmers of Virginia (FFV) for boys in agricultural classes the FFV serves as the model for The Future Farmers Of America.
  • 1926

    The first national congress of vocational agriculture students assembles for a national livestock judging contest at the American Royal Livestock and horse show in Kansas City, MO.