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!

This was my state officer team with our executive advisor, Mr. Duckworth. We all loved him dearly. We were his first state officer team in his role. At convention, we presented him with the toy ducks by his feet and signed them.

So I have a 7 month old, about 130lbs lamb. Fair is on tuesday. I notice that sometimes he like splays his legs when we brace ( his toes do sometimes face out like hes duck footed) but in the 2nd picture in the mirror he is bracing really good. Im not sure if he just cant get better traction on the dirt compared to the concrete or what. This is my first year showing lambs and ive had him since late march. I know he has a good brace in him (due to the second photo) so how can I get him to look like that consistently instead of like the first photo? Another thing I notice is his neck, in the second photo its a 90 degree angle but in the first photo it looks like im pulling him up

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

Hi so I'm the new student advisor for my chapter so I'm in charge of recruiting brand new members and getting them active in LDEs CDEs ect. Does anyone have ways that boosted member numbers? Im having trouble since most of the kids in my school think FFA is just cows & plows or just for farm kids. Anyway I can get more people interested is amazing.

I will be a new Ag Teacher and FFA Advisor at a 6-12 school next year. As I understand it, their program has dwindled significantly and there is not much student participation in Ag classes and either MS or HS FFA chapters. I know Certifications will be pushed by the District. Can someone give me some guidance on what I need to do or where I need to start for:

1. Certifications, and where do find material to teach them.

2. Ideas for days in the shop and what we can do outside.

3. How to build the FFA Chapters back up and educate students on the possibilities with FFA and motivate them to join and participate.

So I'm in 8th grade right now tomorrow's last day of school and I'm on the officer team I'm planning on trying out for the officer team in high school and even if I don't make it I will be doing events this year I did livestock and dairy I love livestock but could not get into dairy because I was locked into the livestock mindset I'm also thinking about doing veterinary medicine Creed speaking and maybe one or two more things but I'm still not 100% sure what I should do or how doing multiple work like and I really just want to get other people's opinions on good choices to do or even like what your favorite is and what it contains because on some of these I am clueless on what you do

Never seen this color before.

So long story short; those that hold officer positions right now were just handed things and left to their own accord several years when they took over. Apparently records weren’t kept that great. And there are no real guidelines, what each role is technically responsible for. We have bylaws but they are extremely basic. Like a page long. There has been some issues/extreme head butting between them and the advisors over some things. The officers are stepping down and new ones(including myself) were voted in. So here are my questions:

-Would anyone be willing to share their bylaws?
-Does anyone have a roles/responsibilities for officers they could share? Or what does your officers do?
-The DEKALB award - how do your advisors pick the student receiving the award?? Do they have a rubric system they go by? Do they just pick the student most deserving of award in their eyes?

Anyone have any information on this old FFA lapel pin I found. Only info I can find is its pre 1936.

Hello!

I am attending my first state convention as a teacher advisor/chaperone. What is the dress code for staff?

I keep seeing all the offical dress rules for students and I see a mix off professional attire/official dress for adults.

I have professional attire, not much for offical dress as this was last minute.

My record book in on metal fabrication. I need some ideas for quick things to make and sell. They NEED to be agricultural. Thanks!

We have our ffa banquet later today. My friend has black wrangler jeans that are clean. They honestly don’t look like jeans at all. The only give away is the W on the pockets and if you were to feel them. Would she be ok to wear those or would it be better to just wear the skirt she was originally gonna borrow from someone?

I have my ffa award banquet on Friday and I’ve never worn OD. I own the everything but I’m not sure about shoes. I plan on wearing my slacks/pants since I couldn’t get a skirt that would work for my measurements. Since i’m wearing the slacks do I have to wear dress shoes or do I still wear heels? My heels I have are around 4 inches. So would o still wear heels or since I’m wearing pants is it dress shoes

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

After 2 national conventions, 4 state conventions along with officer interviews and many banquets I officially wore my jacket for the last time this past Sunday. A day I never thought would come and a day I began to dread. FFA was the best last minute decision I made from attending national convention and even to attend a community service event those 3 letters helped to make me who I am, it saddens me that I won’t wear this blue jacket again

I have officer interviews on Wednesday of this week. and I am a sophomore running for reporter I ran last year for Chaplin. My girlfriend is on the officer team (reporter 2 terms) and this year running for president. But my one ag advisor is a former state officer and the woman giving interviews is also a former state officer for our state. I feel like im not going to get the position because of the fact that she is on the officer team. Whenever we are in class or ag events we stay professional about our actions and dont do anything that would be considered "bad". My qualifications are i have my greenhand degree and Chapter Degree.I am 10th grade ag representative. I am a active member i went to all after school events except 2. I twisted my ankle for one. And I had a game for one event. I participated in LDEs and CDEs this year and went to one conference because its the only one I qualified for one is for freshmen and the other is for upperclassmen. And I am going to states. There is around 6 freshmen running most of which dont come to events and 2 sophomores (including me) and 4 juniors (1 junior has not went to any events or done anything in AG) and doesnt have her FFA jacket. Sorry I was writing this in a rush I just dont want to he disqualified just because my girlfriend is on the officer team. I truly want to make my chapter better for all members. And I have so many ideas and want to help more and getting a officer position would help me with that and bond more closer with advisors and members. And I want to increase chapter recruitment. I am just stressing and need some more people's take on this Thank you for your time. P.S sorry im just typing this from the heart and didnt check for spelling and grammar thank you for reading

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.

Super fun trip!! Workshops were a little lacking but besides that I got a lot to add to the scrapbook! Would say a convention well done. Also JOSÉ I LOVE YOU YOU’RE THE MAN!!!!!!

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?

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?

I submitted a floral arrangement today, i dont really know much about FFA as its my first year actually doing it but i submitted for Senior Container Arrangement this morning and was curious if anyone knew about how long it takes to find out how you did