What are Career Development Events?
The primary goal of Career Development Events is to develop individual responsibilities, foster teamwork, and promote communication while recognizing the value of ethical competition and individual achievement. Career development events reflect instruction that currently takes place in the entire agricultural education program, including classroom instruction, laboratory instruction, and student’s supervised agricultural experiences. CDEs are intended to be an outgrowth of instruction.
Contest information:
Gillett FFA members will be competing at the 2026 Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) Regional Career Development Events on Friday, March 27th, 2026.
All competitors who compete at the Regional Qualifier are also committing to compete at the State Competition on April 17th or 24th if they qualify, as well as the National Competition in October 2026 if they win the state competition.
If a student signs up, is registered to be on a team, does not compete, and does not find a replacement, they will be charged their portion of the competition registration fee and other fees associated with the competition, ie. transportation, hotels, etc.
Contests Eligible for Competition at FVTC:
Agricultural Sales
Ag Technology & Mechanical Systems
Agronomy
Dairy Cattle Management & Evaluation
Farm and Agribusiness Management
Floriculture
Horse Evaluation
Livestock Evaluation
Milk Quality and Products Evaluation
Nursery & Landscaping
Poultry Evaluation
Veterinary Science
Wildlife
General Ag Middle School
General Ag High School
Link to FVTC CDE Information HERE!!
Contests Eligible for Competition at State in April:
Ag Communications
Ag Mechanics - Q
Ag Sales
Environmental Science
Food Science
Horse Evaluation - Q
Middle School
Agronomy-Q
Dairy Cattle -Q
Dairy Handlers
Farm Business Management - Q
Floriculture - Q
Forestry -Q
Livestock - Q
Meats - Q
Milk Products - Q
Nursery Landscape
Poultry - Q
Vet Science - Q
Wildlife - Q
*** 'Q' means you must place in the top % at the Regional Competition to compete at the state level.***