Overview      
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?"

Many CDEs are qualifying events for the National FFA CDE competition and/or offer scholarship opportunities.
 

Please be sure to check your scan sheet supply well in advance to the CDE season to ensure your team is using the correct scan sheets.  Examples of all scan sheets can be found here.

State CDE Contest Updates      
2026 Inclement Weather Update: Land, Homesite, ENR, Range 

In the event of inclement weather, the designated bad weather day for the outdoor contests held at Tarleton State University will be the Tuesday preceding the scheduled state event. The determination to utilize the bad weather day may be made in the weeks leading up to the event based on forecasted conditions. 

2027-2031 CDE Revision Cycle      

Ag Communications      

Agricultural Technology & Mechanical Systems      

Ag Sales      

Agronomy      

Applied Agricultural Engineering      

Cotton      

Dairy Cattle      

Entomology      

Environmental & Natural Resources      

Farm and Agribusiness Management      

Floriculture      

Food Science      

Forage      

Forestry      

Homesite Evaluation      

Horse      

Land      

Livestock      

Marketing Plan      

Meats      

Milk Quality      

Nursery/Landscape      

Plant ID      

Poultry      

Range      

Tractor Technician      

Veterinary Science      

Wildlife      

Wool      

Documents      

CDE Advisory Committee      

2026 State CDE Certificates