Mississippi FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for: premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
Mississippi’s agricultural education programs offer courses in Principles of Agriscience, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Agriculture Power and Machinery, Forestry, Horticulture, and Meat Science. These courses are offered as early as the 8th grade in some school districts and are offered either in high schools or at Career and Technical Education Centers within a school district at the high school level.
The National FFA Organization membership totals 1,027,273 members in 9,235 FFA chapters in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. FFA is a diverse organization, operating in rural and suburban schools. Students aged 12-21 who are enrolled in, have taken, or who plan to complete agricultural education programs are eligible for membership in the Mississippi FFA Association and the National FFA Association upon paying their local, state and national dues.
Mississippi is unique in that it is the ONLY state in the United States that offers membership into the Mississippi Junior FFA Association for students age 8 through the end of their 9th grade year in school for those students who cannot take an agricultural education course before the ninth grade. Junior members must pay local and state FFA dues and attend regularly scheduled Junior FFA meetings, which are sponsored by the local Agriculture Teacher/FFA Advisor.
In 2024-2025, the Mississippi FFA Association had 3,676 FFA Senior members in 104 local FFA Chapters and 489 Junior members in 24 local FFA Chapters, which is a total of 4,165 members. The new membership year opens on August 1.
Mississippi FFA Association
Daniel Derrick
Mississippi FFA Program Manager
daniel.derrick@rcu.msstate.edu
(662)325-2510
C.M. Brewer FFA Leadership Center
1714 Seven Springs Road
PO Box 1029
Raymond, MS 39154
ffa-center@mississippiffa.org
(601)857-9069
