FFA Timeline

By Gregory Lumley

  • Smith Hughes Act 1917

    Smith Hughes Act established funding for vocational agriculture in high school

  • First Future Farmers Clubs !920s

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

  • FFA National Organization 1928

    FFA became a national org. A network of teachers guided the establishment of FFA as a team effort to establish a club for boys with similar farm interests.

  • NFA Formed 1935

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

  • FFA Charter from Congress 1950

    FFA became one of a few student organizations to receive a federal Charter from Congress (Public Law 740)

  • Merging 1965

    FFA and NFA merged

  • FFA open for girls 1969

    Girls were allowed in FFA for the first time

  • FFA Name Change 1988

    Name change from Future Farmers of America to National FFA organization to reflect the growing diversity in the agriculture industry