Texas FFA Association

Texas FFA Association supports FFA members in Texas through competitive academic and project-based opportunities tied to agriculture, food, and natural resources. Its work reaches students across the state and includes structured recognition for agriscience achievement at the secondary-school level. One clear example is the Texas FFA Agriscience Student Scholarship, which rewards members who submit outstanding reports on agriscience projects and offers awards of up to $1,000. The association’s agriscience programming serves multiple student groups rather than a single age band. Competition is organized into six divisions: grades 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12 for individual competitors, and the same three grade bands for teams of two. Participation requires more than a simple application. Students must conduct a research project and prepare both a scientific report and a display for judging, showing that the association emphasizes inquiry, technical communication, and formal evaluation. Texas FFA Association also connects student work to a broad range of agricultural fields. Entries are judged in categories including animal systems, environmental and natural resource systems, food products and processing systems, plant systems, power, structural, and technical systems, and social systems. Those categories span topics from livestock, dairy, horses, poultry, and aquaculture to soil, water, wildlife, forests, food safety, agricultural equipment, precision technology, agribusiness, agricultural communication, and agricultural leadership. The scholarship cycle listed here opens on 4/1/2026 and closes on 6/19/2026, and each registration form requires a $50 entry fee. Together, these details show an association focused on developing Texas students through applied agricultural research, competition, and college-directed recognition.