Most FFA members do not come from agricultural backgrounds, the Sacramento Business Journal reported.
California students say agriculture is cool again, according to an article in the
Sacramento Business Journal. The story gauged this assertion on rising high school FFA enrollment. National membership hit a record 540,379 this year, up more than 3 percent from last year. Membership in California also hit a record this year, climbing a similar percentage to 70,555.
The agriculture industry’s future is secure, writer Melanie Turner reported, because young people have never been more interested in agriculture.
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