Welcome to the Carthage FFA Homepage   Chartered in 1945, our chapter maintains over 104 members. FFA members may choose to participate by training for a leadership team~chapter conducting, ffa quiz, radio, job interview, public relations, ag issues forum, skills teams or try a career development event team such as meats judging, livestock, poultry, tractor mechanics, horse, foresty, wildlife management, farm business management or by selecting, feeding, and grooming an animal to present before a livestock judge.  Many of our members participate in the Panola County Junior Livestock Show while other compete in major stock shows such as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Southwestern Expostion and Livestock Show in Ft. Worth.  They purchase the animal of choice and work everyday preparing for the show. The project requires an enormous amount of commitment and responsiblity. It should be considered a family project with the responsiblity resting on the FFA member known as the exhibitor.  Many important experiences including the aspects of the free enterprise system, time management, self motivation, financial planning and accurate record keeping can be gained from raising an SAE~supervised agriculture experience project. Raising animal projects is not a requirement, but is an excellent way to develop responsibilty, a solid character, build on a college fund and have fun along the way. Thanks for visiting us. National FFA Mission and Strategies FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agriculture education.