The National FFA Organization Tuesday announced a record-high student membership number of 850,823, an increase of 15 percent from last year.
In addition, chapter numbers increased by 178, resulting in 8,995 chapters in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Interest in FFA and agricultural education continues to grow as membership and the number of chapters increase.
The top five student membership states are Texas, California, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.