LDE's

Overview    

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 your district and area calendars for competition dates.

You can find more information and the rules for individual LDE's below

Texas FFA Website

2026 LDE Interest Form 

*Be on the lookout for the 2026 LDE interest form! Will come out early September

2026 LDE Contest Dates

October 30th - Tarleton State University LDE Contests

November 4th - Cleburne FFA LDE Contests

November 16th - Pecan Valley District LDE Contests at Weatherford ISD

November 23rd - Area IV LDE Contests

December 3rd-4th - State LDE Contests at Sam Houston State University