EASTERN OREGON – Another year has come and gone, and the 97th annual Oregon State FFA Convention is almost here. On March 21, 2025, 319 Oregon FFA members will officially receive their state degrees. Among this year’s recipients, 156 are from Eastern Oregon Chapters.
For these young men and women, the FFA state degree represents the highest award that can be received from the Oregon FFA association. Earning such high honors is no easy task, with an extensive list of academic and civic requirements. As listed on the Oregon FFA state degree information page:
The requirements for the Oregon FFA State Degree are as follows:
- Have received the Chapter FFA Degree.
- Have been an active FFA member for at least two years (24 months) at the time of receiving the State FFA Degree.
- While in high school, have completed the equivalent of at least two years (2 full credits) of systematic school instruction in agricultural education at or above the ninth-grade level, which includes a supervised agricultural experience.
- Have earned and productively invested at least $1500 or unpaid placement hours, times a factor of 3.56, plus actual dollars earned and productively invested must be equal to or greater than the number 1,500. Hours used for the purpose of producing earnings reported as productively invested income shall not be duplicated as hours of credit to meet the minimum requirements for the degree. A minimum of 500 hours (up to 25 hours of Foundational hours allowed) must be worked in the last two years regardless of the type of SAE project.
- Demonstrate leadership ability by:
- Performing 10 procedures of parliamentary law.
- Giving a six-minute speech on a topic relating to agriculture or the FFA.
- Serving as an officer, committee chairperson, or participating member of a chapter committee.
- Have a satisfactory scholastic record as certified by the local agricultural education instructor and the principal or superintendent. Must have an accumulative GPA of 2.0 as of December 31st of the year applying. GPA is based on the last term/semester completed.
- Have participated in the planning and completion of the chapter’s program of activities.
- Have participated in a total of 30 FFA activities with at least five activities above the chapter level. A maximum of 5-chapter meetings can count towards the required 30 activities. Example: The same activity completed for 3 years, counts as three activities.
- Have participated in a minimum of 10 school and/or community activities or 5 school and/or community activities and 5 additional FFA activities. Note: The same activity completed for 3 years, counts as three activities.
- Completed at least 25 hours of community service in a minimum of two different activities. All hours are cumulative. i.e. – the 10 hours used to obtain the chapter degree can be used towards the state degree. The community service hours must be in addition to hours spent on paid or unpaid SAE projects. The hours cannot serve a dual purpose in fulfilling both community service and SAE requirements.
Congratulations to all 2025 state degree recipients. See the full list of names below:
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