Career Development Events (CDE)  
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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.

For questions regarding team member totals, dress code, area qualifying, and national qualifying for specific contests - please click here.




Ag Sales      

Agronomy      


Cotton      

Dairy Cattle      

Entomology      



Floriculture      

Food Science      

Forage      

Forestry      


Horse      

Land      

Livestock      

Marketing Plan      

Meats      

Milk Quality      


Plant ID      

Poultry      

Range      



Wildlife      

Wool      




   
 
  Corporate Sponsors
     
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  Registration & Results
     
Visit www.JudgingCard.com for contest registration and results. 

 
   

  2025 State CDE Dates
     
 
March 9-10 
Tractor Tech
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
 
April 4
Applied Agricultural Engineering
Sam Houston State University
 
April 17
Forestry 
Angelina National Forest,
Stephen F. Austin State University
 
April 24
Dairy Cattle, ENR, Homesite, Land,
Milk Quality, & Range
Tarleton State University
 
April 25
ATMS, Ag Sales, FMB, Floriculture, Forage, Marketing Plan,
& Nursery Landscape
Sam Houston State University
 
April 26
Poultry, Livestock, Meats, & Vet Science
Texas A&M University
 
April 28
Wildlife
Welder Wildlife Foundation
 
May 2-3
Ag  Comm, Agronomy, Cotton, Entomology, Food Science, Horse,
Plant ID, & Wool
Texas Tech University
 
   

  State CDE Champions
     
2018 Texas FFA CDE Champions
2019 Texas FFA CDE Champions
2021 Texas FFA CDE Champions
2022 Texas FFA CDE Champions
2023 Texas FFA CDE Champions
2024 Texas FFA CDE Champions

All CDE Champions will need to visit the Texas FFA Foundation webpage and follow the steps on how to claim an award scholarship.

http://mytexasffa.org/foundation/claim-award

 
   


  Press Release Templates and Photos
     
CDE Press Release Templates and Photos
 
   

  Corduroy Network
     


The goal of the Corduroy Network is to provide teachers and contest facilitators with a list of qualified judges for various FFA events.

View the Corduroy Network here!

 
   

     
     
 
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