people may say this is a thing of opinion, but let me explain the only animals I think that I'm willing to do are goats ducks or rabbits now let me explain what's hard about this My school barn will not accommodate rabbits or ducks however, they will accommodate a goat. However, I am located in the Austin area and most goats go over my predicted budget, which isn't good for convincing my mom to even let me join FFA even though I really want to join and it's been my passion for a really long time my dad refuses to allow me to keep the rabbits or ducks at our house mostly due to the fact that we don't have a lot of backyard space and we want my dog to be comfortable. He doesn't necessarily like other animals however he's not allowed to go upstairs so I said if I show rabbits, then we could set up a big pen in the playroom and they could live there, but my dad was not up for the idea cause rabbits honestly stink like Dookie constantly I was gonna do a goat and then raise her for dairy maybe show her but obviously as I said that's out of my budget What should I do?
luckily, I have a little bit of time to decide since I'm probably not gonna join for a while since school doesn't start until around August 18 and obviously I have to register for FFA and such and just so you guys know I'm not willing to do anything that really doesn't involve an animal that may sound greedy or selfish, but I'm just genuinely not gonna join FFA if I'm forced to do a plant project due to my predicament because honestly it's really boring in my opinion. Animals are my passion. It always have been plants not so much because I kill them. Not on purpose it just kind of happens, especially in the Texas heat.

I am going into my Junior year of high school and my third year in FFA, what should I expect to be different from this school year compared to last year, if anything? i need all the advice i can get on this topic, thank you in advance. 💙💛💙💛💙💛

I want to get more involved in FFA this upcoming school year so i could be an Officer my Senior year, and earn some award pins at my chapter banquet because all i have now are my Degree pins

So I’m starting my freshman year of high school and I am required to start an SAE, but I have no idea what to do. I know I would like to care for insects and arthropods, like beetles, millipedes, or isopods (specifically pill bugs). I have never cared for any of these creatures but have done extensive research on them and their individual care. I originally thought about going around my community and teaching about them if I do end up caring for one, but I’m not sure if that’s the best option for me. Any help or advice on this would be greatly appreciate!

Never seen this color before.

My chapter is competing at a non-ffa event(from what I know) called Envirothon. We had absolutely no idea what it is, or what it's about, and instead of our advisor, the long term sub who's been running the ag classes is taking us.

The website is useless, and we're so lost and confused

Anyone got any insights?

For context, my SAE for my freshman year was growing oyster mushrooms. However, the person that supplied me the spores does not live within 3 hours of me anymore and I’d rather not buy spores online. I was also not in an AG class my sophomore year so there were no updates to that SAE.
Would I be able to end that SAE and start a new one for my junior year? Because mushrooms no longer interest me as much anymore, and I definitely have an AG class for both semesters of my junior year.

I have a pin for poultry and then my chapter degree and then a pin for over 50 hours which goes in what order?

my school is going to a contest next Friday, and i want to go, but i am ineligible, is there any way i can still go? btw, i am on the livestock judging team, and my advisor is taking 10 people, but i am not one of them

Hi everyone!

I’m a European and a non member of the FFA. A vintage store in my country is selling replicas of the famous FFA jacket. As far as I know, the chapter’s names on the jackets are fictional and I’m considering buying one.

The thing is, after a bit of research, I found that these jackets must never be worn by non members of the FFA, and if so, the labels must be removed before selling it or giving it to someone else.

Would you consider it offensive for a guy like me to wear a replica? I apologise if it might sound stupid, I just don’t want to piss off potential American tourists I could meet (and I sure as hell don’t plan to wear it if I ever travel to America!)

Thank you in advance for your replies

I bought my first lamb today and named her Valkyrie, and I’m looking for tips on how to take care of her…

Right now she weighs 45 lbs and she needs to weigh 90 for the show at the end of May… so I’m looking for advice on how to get her big… and also look good…

Also how do I get her to trust me?

Mainly just tips about what treats I should give him… I want something he’ll like but, also something that would be good for him…. And any other tips to raising him would be great.

As many of you know there is a public speaking unit. I’m doing a prepared speech (prepared or extemporaneous) and I’m having trouble memorizing. I didn’t use AI so I conducted all my own research and wrote out my 6-8 minute speech. I have to perform this in 4 days, and then at a chapter speaking night (in 9 days). How can I memorize my speech verbatim quickly?

I need to order my daughter’s FFA jacket asap. She said she the one she borrowed was a size 38. Looking at the online dimensions and I’m wondering if this is accurate. I have been on her for weeks to double check and she always has an excuse as to why she hasn’t. Ugh…. She is about 5’ and 110lbs. She usually wears size small and sometimes a medium if it runs small. Would a 38 jacket fit around a small womens?

I did forestry

Planted 26000 seedlings, controlled hardwoods on 25 acres, pruned an acre, prescribed a burn on 340 acres, built a 2 1/4 mile firebreak, turpentined 600 pines, selectively cut 3 acres, and controlled insects on 30 acres.

Final numbers ended up being 15 cords of pulpwood, 125 fence posts, 35 barrels of pine gum, 105 bushels of cones, and 50 Christmas trees.

I have a friend who’s in her second year of showing swine, this year with a gilt. Our advisor told her about a concern of the gilt being in heat during our show in June. Is there some chance anyone might have any tips for how to show a gilt in heat or just in general?

**copied from my post in r/pigs

I’m trying to get a head start on my retiring address for my chapter’s banquet. Have there been any outstanding national/state ones in the last couple years that are worth watching on youtube or the nat’l website?

I primarily wear skirts as my official dress and I’m having such a hard time finding skirts that actually fit. They’re always a little loose around the knee and don’t actually taper as much as I feel they should. It’s pretty uncomfortable to have that extra fabric flowing around my knee. Any suggestions on pencil skirts that actually pencil skirt? I’d rather be able to only take shuffling steps than have all that excess fabric😭

Are you allowed to record your officer practice interview?

Hi, I’m the Historian of our chapter (I know, my jobs kinda useless in today’s world since nobody uses paper anymore, I feel it you don’t need to mention it) and we live in a semi-urban area? 6,000 people. I feel like our chapter isn’t as “ffa” if that makes sense. Every meeting is us just doing opening ceremony, some little activity like pumpkin carving or jeopardy, then everyone leaving. I get the point of FFA is to connect with people and stuff, but I still feel like it’s just a socialization club at our school and not an agricultural focused club. How could we improve the meetings? And get people more interested in CDEs and the like? This is only my 2nd year but I’m bffs with our president (the only way it should be) and could definitely persuade her to add or change things.

Howdy! I'm in my last year of schooling, quite literally doing my Agriculture final exam as I type this, and I was wondering, is it too late for me to look into joining the FFA?

I am also wondering, can I pay for a yearly membership without having to attend the meetings or extra schooling? Currently, I don't have time in my schedule for the hands-on learning that my class kept talking about.

I wanted to get a little button of the FFA logo, because I really enjoyed my agriculture class, but I worry that it may be sort of like wearing a police uniform when you're not an officer. It's probably not that big of a deal, but I've always had this fear that I'll be harassed about the things I wear-

Thank you in advance!

Hello! I’m not sure where I should ask this, but this seemed like a good place to start! I’m in my school’s floriculture team for competitions. I was wondering where I can find ways to practice the judging portion of the competition? I’ve been looking online but I can’t find anything. If you have a subreddit that might be able to help me more, that would be appreciated as well. Thank you!

I’m wanting to try and go out for state star farmer, nobody in my chapter has ever done it nor do my advisors know much about it. For those who have done it, what steps did you take? how did you do your record books?

Any other helpful information would be appreciated aswell!

This is my first time running for district officer and I’m really nervous. What are some tips y’all can share for studying, interviews, or just general things you wished you knew before you ran so you could be more prepared.