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.

Career Development Events build on what is learned in agricultural classes and encourage members to put their knowledge into practice. These events are designed to help a member prepare for a career in agriculture by testing and challenging the student's technical, leadership, interpersonal and teamwork skills as well as their knowledge of the subject matter. CDEs answer the question, 

"When will I use this knowledge in the real world?"

Events Include:

Meat Judging

Livestock Judging

Poultry Judging

Milk Product and Quality

Floralculture

Horse Judging 

Farm Business Management

Vet Tech

Public Speaking

Speaking Development Events are designed to develop the ability of all FFA members to express themselves on a given subject. Students are encouraged to develop their communication skills and learn to formulate their remarks for presentation in a variety of situations. The state finals of the speaking development events are held in conjunction 

with the Texas FFA Convention in July. 

Extemporaneous Public Speaking

Senior Prepared Public Speaking

Junior Prepared Public Speaking

Soil Stewardship Prepared Public Speaking