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The Smith-Hughes Act established funds for vocational agriculture in highschool.
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Virginia was the first state to have a Future Farmers Club for boys.
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The American Royal Livestock show invited vocational agriculture students to participate in national livestock judging contests in Kansas City, Missouri.
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G.W. Owens and Dr. H.O. Sargent wrote the first constitution and bylaws of the New Farmers of Virginia, and organizationfor African-Americans agricultural students.
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Teachers guided the establishment of FFA as a team effort to establish a club for the boys that had similar farm interests.
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Blue Corduroy jacket was adopted as official dress.
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The organization NFA was formed for African American students that had agricultural interests.
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During National Convention, action taken to establish a National FFA Camp and leadership training school in Washington, D.C.
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28.5 acres of land was purchased near Alexandria, VA for the first FFA-owned national headquarters; the land was part of George Washington's estate.
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The FFA recieved a Federal Charter from Congress. -Public Law 740
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The FFA and NFA organizations combined.
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Girls were allowed to join FFA for the first time.
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FFA Official Dress standards were created.
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Jan Eberly, from California, became the first female national FFA president.
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The name changed from Future Farmers of America to the National FFA organization in order to show the growing diversity in the agriculture industry.
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The National convention completes 7 year run in Indianapolis and returned to Loisville, Kentucky in 2012 for 3 years.
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The FFA membership was at its all time high with 557,318 members in 7,498 chapters.
