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1973
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1973-2/
First American Farmer Degrees are awarded to women in 1973.
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1973
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1973/
FFA Official Dress standards are created. National FFA Secretary Fred McClure from Texas is the first African American elected to a national FFA office.
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1974
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1974/
President Gerald Ford speaks at the National FFA Convention. The speech is carried live on network television.
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1975
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1975/
Food for America program launches. Jimmy Carter, former Georgia governor and a former member of the Plains (Ga.) FFA Chapter, speaks at the National FFA Convention. Carter was elected U.S. president the following year. First FFA Student Handbook is published.
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1976
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1976/
Julie Smiley from Washington is elected national FFA vice president and is the first female to hold a national FFA office.
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1976
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1976-2/
Julie Smiley from Washington is elected national FFA vice president and is the first female to hold a national FFA office. Alaska becomes the last of the 50 states to obtain a national charter.
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1977
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1977/
The 1977-78 national officers included Peg Armstrong of Iowa (back row, left).
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1978
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1978/
President Jimmy Carter speaks at the 51st National FFA Convention again, this time as a U.S. president. The commemorative marker noting the site of the organization’s founding is unveiled in Kansas City, Mo.
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1979
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1979-2/
The 1979-80 national officers included Elin Duckworth of Arizona (back row, left).
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1979
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1979/
Christe Peterson from Wisconsin wins the first Extemporaneous Public Speaking Event.
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1980
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1980/
The National FFA Foundation raises $1 million in one year for the first time.
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1981
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1981/
Melanie Burgess became a national FFA vice president in 1981.
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1982
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1982/
Jan Eberly from California becomes the first female national FFA president.
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1983
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1983/
The Ag Ed Network, the organization’s computerized information service, launches.
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1984
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1984/
The first FFA TV public service announcements air.
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1986
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1986/
The first Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award is presented to Steven McKay from Boonville, Calif.
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1987
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1987/
The first national television satellite broadcast of the National FFA Convention airs. Vice President George H.W. Bush speaks at the National FFA Convention. Bush is elected U.S. president the following year.
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1988
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1988/
The Future Farmers of America changes its name to the National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity in agriculture. Seventh and eighth grade students are permitted to become FFA members. The Agriscience Student Recognition Program is introduced. President Ronald Reagan speaks at the National FFA Convention via a prerecorded message. Evadale, Texas, member Chrystal McDaniel poses with the 3 millionth FFA jacket.
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1989
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1989/
The National Future Farmer magazine changes its name to FFA New Horizons.
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1990
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1990/
The Partners in Active Learning Support (PALS) program launches. National convention delegates vote to raise the number of official voting delegates to 475 based on proportional representation. Delegates vote “no” to a new FFA Creed during the 63rd National FFA Convention.
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1991
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1991/
FFA chapters in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam and five chapters in Micronesia are chartered.
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1994
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1994/
Corey Flournoy from Illinois is the first African American to be elected national FFA president; he is also the first national president from an urban environment.
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1996
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1996/
H.O. Sargent Award is reinstated, promoting diversity among chapters. FFA announces its decision to move the National FFA Center from Alexandria, Va., to Indianapolis. FFA announces its decision to move the National FFA Convention from Kansas City, Mo., to Louisville, Ky., in 1999. The official website for FFA, FFA.org, debuts.
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1997
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1997/
The first Agri-Entrepreneurship Award is presented.
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1997
https://www.ffa.org/timeline/1997-2/
The first Agri-Entrepreneurship Award is presented.
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