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NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION SETS MEMBERSHIP RECORD
Oct. 19, 2012
Farm Progress reports:
During the 2011-12 school year, 16,939 students joined the National FFA Organization and raised total membership to 557,318 students in seventh through 12th grades in the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
"Interest in agricultural education continues to grow due to the hard work, dedication and commitment agriculture teachers and state FFA leaders have toward developing our members for the future," says National FFA Organization CEO Dwight Armstrong.
"Our members are developing skills through educational and real-world experiences that will ideally position them to pursue one of more than 300 careers in agriculture."
Demographically, Texas added more members than any other state last year, growing to 86,482 students. Trailing Texas was Georgia, Colorado, Delaware and Arizona.
Texas also leads the list of the top five largest FFA membership states, followed by California (70,683), Georgia (32,244), Missouri (25,748) and Oklahoma (24,364).
Nine of the 10 largest FFA chapters are in California high schools in Fresno, Sacramento, Hanford, Woodland, Atwater, Tulare, Madera, Romoland and Clovis.
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