Teams, Events, & Contests
Leadership Development Events focus on creating situations for members to demonstrate their abilities in public speaking, decision making, communication and their knowledge of agriculture and the FFA organization. Team and individual events are used to reinforce what is taught in agricultural science classrooms.
All LDE events have elimination rounds at the district and area before the state level competition. Please refer to our calendar for dates. https://www.texasffa.org/lde
Career Development Events build on what is learned in agricultural classes and encourage members to put their knowledge into practice. These events are designed to help a member prepare for a career in agriculture by testing and challenging the student's technical, leadership, interpersonal and teamwork skills as well as their knowledge of the subject matter. CDEs answer the question, "When will I use this knowledge in the real world?"
Many CDEs are qualifying events for the National FFA CDE competition and/or offer scholarship opportunities. Please refer to our calendar for general dates. https://www.texasffa.org/cde
Contests
Most stock shows have contests for FFA AND 4-H members. Contests at these stock shows are not necessarily FFA-sanctioned, but they tend to go hand in hand with the knowledge and skills that are learned in ag classes and FFA. We strongly encourage members to prepare for and attend these events. There are wonderful scholarship opportunities through these stock shows!