Congress Officially Designates National FFA Week 2026 to Honor One Million Student Members

1,042,245 students are enrolled in FFA for the 2024-25 school year, across 9,407 chapters in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

FFA membership has more than doubled since the early 2000s, rising from around 500,000 to over 1 million in two decades

Alaska received its FFA charter on November 11, 1976 — the last of the 50 states to join, 39 years after its first application was postponed

The average age of U.S. primary farm operators reached 58.1 years in 2022, up from 50.5 in 1982

FFA has held a federal congressional charter under Title 36 of the U.S. Code since 1950, making these resolutions part of a 76-year relationship with Congress