FFA Symbols & Traditions
This officer is stationed by the door and is responsible for making sure all members feel welcome.
What is the Sentinel?
What is 1928?
The invention by Eli Whitney that made cotton more profitable to produce.
What is the Cotton Gin?
Statement required for a main motion to be discussed that indicates other members of the group are willing to consider the motion.
What is a Second?
A natural resource that exists in fixed amounts and cannot be replaced quickly enough by nature to keep up with how fast humans use them.
What is a non-renewable natural resource?
Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve
What is the FFA motto?
What is 1969?
The invention by Anna Baldwin in 1879.
What is the Milking Machine?
Taps of the gavel that signify that members should sit or to call the results of the vote
What is one gavel tap?
The production, processing, marketing, and distribution of all commodities (animals, produce, or textiles).
What is agriculture?
The station of the Vice President that represents progress.
What is The Rising Sun?
The New Farmers of America is formed to provide Black students with opportunities in agriculture.
Tractor system that utilizes a geographic information system collects data about soil condition, humidity, and temperature for a specific location.
What is GPS?
To ensure Courtesy to Everyone, a member earn this before they can speak on a motion by saying "Madam/Mr. President"
What is Recognition?
What is the origin?
The official FFA jacket, black pants, black shoes, and a white collared shirt, with an official FFA scarf or tie.
What is FFA Official Dress?
The Future Farmers of America voted to change the name to The National FFA to be more welcoming to those interested in agriculture who were not farmers.
What is 1988?
The original "track-type" was invented by Ben Holt but the first gas powered one was invented until 1892 by John Froelich.
What is a tractor?
Parliamentary Law that states that even if the majority of the group agrees with a motion, all members can discuss and vote on the motion.
What is the Rights of the Minority?
Beef and Dairy cattle are produced in different parts of the "Corn Belt" due to this factor.
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success.
What is the FFA Mission Statement?
Public Law 740 is approved by the federal government, approving a federal charter for the FFA, integrating it into agriculture education.
What is 1950?
To help improve soil quality, George Washington Carver discovered that planting this plant between crops (crop rotation) would add nitrogen back to the soil.
What are peanuts?
The percentage of a group that must be present for a meeting for business to be conducted.
What is a Quorum?
The sciences of biology and chemistry are applied to develop new ways to control insects in this career.
What is an entomologist?