GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida FFA Association is pleased to announce the selection of Florida’s Premier FFA Chapters. The Premier Chapter Award was initiated to recognize superior achievement by chapters in Agricultural Education and the FFA. To be eligible for this award, a chapter must be proficient in several areas, which include Alumni and Community Partnerships, Financial Planning, and Public Relations, along with other FFA activities. One member and one advisor from each of these chapters will be recognized on the main stage during the 98th Florida FFA Convention and Expo.
The 2026 Premier Chapters are:
| Academy at the Farm |
| Academy at the Farm Middle |
| Armwood |
| Armwood Junior |
| Bartow Middle |
| Beulah Middle |
| Bok Academy Middle |
| Bok Academy North Middle |
| Bradford |
| Brandon |
| Branford |
| Branford Middle |
| Bronson |
| Bronson Middle |
| Burns SciTech Middle |
| Burns SciTech Senior |
| Cedar Key |
| Cedar Key Middle |
| Chiefland |
| Chiefland JR |
| Chiefland Middle |
| Cottondale |
| Cottondale Middle |
| Crystal River |
| Dade City |
| Davenport |
| DeLand |
| Dixie |
| Dundee Ridge Middle |
| Durant |
| Durant JR – J.F. St. Martin |
| Frostproof Middle |
| Ft. Meade |
| Ft. White |
| Harmony Middle |
| Hill Gustat Middle |
| Ivy Hawn Middle |
| Lake Asbury Middle |
| Lake City Middle |
| Lake Gibson |
| Lake Gibson Middle |
| Lake Placid |
| Lake Region |
| Lakeland |
| Lecanto |
| Malone |
| Malone Middle |
| Mount Dora |
| Newsome |
| North Marion |
| Northview |
| Oakleaf Middle |
| Ocoee |
| Orlando Colonial |
| Parrish Community |
| Plant City |
| Plant City JR – J.G. Smith |
| Randall Middle |
| Roosevelt |
| Roosevelt Middle |
| Sickles |
| South Sumter |
| South Sumter JR |
| Southwest Middle |
| Suwannee |
| Suwannee JR |
| Suwannee Middle |
| Tate |
| Tomlin Middle |
| Turkey Creek Middle |
| Vanguard |
| West Florida |
| Westwood Middle |
| Wilkinson Middle |
| Williston |
| Williston JR |
| Williston Middle |
ABOUT THE FLORIDA FFA STATE CONVENTION & EXPO
The Florida FFA State Convention & Expo brings together nearly 6,000 FFA members, advisors, alumni, parents, and industry leaders for an unforgettable celebration of leadership, achievement, and opportunity. It’s where hard work pays off, jackets hit the big stage, and future leaders rise in front of thousands.
From electric keynotes and emotional award moments to intense Career and Leadership Development Events and a high-energy Expo floor packed with career connections, state convention is nonstop momentum. Every hallway conversation, every handshake, every name called across the stage is part of something bigger.
ABOUT THE FLORIDA FFA ASSOCIATION
The Florida FFA Association is a premier youth, leadership organization with nearly 60,000 middle and high school student members – as part of over 300 local FFA chapters across the state. FFA members participate in nearly 50 leadership and career development events each year. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
The Florida FFA Association is a resource and support organization that does not select, control, supervise or approve local chapter or individual member activities except as expressly provided for in the Florida FFA Association Constitution and Bylaws.
THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION MISSION
Agricultural education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber and natural resource systems.
THE FFA MISSION
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
For more information about Florida FFA and agricultural education, visit flaffa.org.
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