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It's officially fall! Just like the leaves on the trees, fall is a season of transformation for our Wisconsin FFA members through opportunities such as taking an agriculture class, attending Fall Leadership Workshops, or traveling to National FFA Convention. Learn about some of the ways that the Foundation supports positive change in Wisconsin FFA Members and how you can too in this edition of Corduroy Connection!
2025 SAE Grants
The Wisconsin FFA Foundation SAE Grants are now open! FFA members can apply for a SAE Grant to start or expand their SAE. Applications will close November 15, 2025 at 4:59 p.m. Members have the opportunity to receive up to $1,000!
This year the Wisconsin FFA is offering grants for the following focus areas: Agricultural Education, Animal Systems, Food Products and Processing Systems, Plant Systems, and Power, Structural, and Technical Systems.
Fall Leadership Workshops Business & Industry Tours
Each fall, over the course of three weeks, the Wisconsin State Officer Team travels across the state of Wisconsin conducting 30 workshops, visiting 20 businesses, and impacting thousands of lives.
The business & industry tours help the state officers to gain a greater depth of knowledge about the diversity of the agricultural industry allowing them to better advocate for it.
Additionally, for the tours, members of our Wisconsin FFA Foundation Board join to connect with the businesses and share more about the work of the Foundation.
Thank you to our Leadership Partners, Wisconsin Air National Guard, Case IH/CNH Capital, and GreenStone Farm Credit Services for helping to make Fall Leadership Workshops possible.
Ways to Give to Wisconsin FFA
Over the next few months, we are going to highlight ways an individual can give to support Wisconsin FFA and our over 27,000 FFA members! This month we are featuring 3 ways individuals can give to the Wisconsin FFA Foundation through planned giving:
Life Insurance Policy - Purchasing a life insurance policy and naming the Wisconsin FFA Foundation as both the beneficiary and irrevocable owner of the policy provides a future gift for the Foundation.
Stock Gifts - Marketable securities may be transferred electronically to an account maintained at one or more brokerage firms or delivered physically with the transferor's endorsement or signed stock power attached.
IRA Required Minimum Distributions - Required minimum distributions from an IRA can be designated as a charitable gift to the Wisconsin FFA Foundation.
2026 Wisconsin FFA Convention Expo
Today’s FFA is for students who want to engage in agriculture and aspire to be farmers, teachers, doctors, scientists, business owners, and more. FFA helps the next generation rise up to meet those challenges by providing its members the opportunities to develop their own unique talents and to explore their interests in a broad range of agricultural career pathways.
Do you want to engage with the future of agriculture and showcase your business or educational opportunity, then the Wisconsin Convention Expo is for you!
Join us Wednesday, June 17, 2026, from 9am-2pm at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI! Booths can be reserved online. TODAY, September 30, is the LAST DAY to receive a $100 discount using EXPO2026. Register here:
We’re excited to welcome and introduce our new Events Coordinator & Administrative Support Specialist Kendra Jentz!
Kendra comes to us as a Past State Officer, volunteer, and supporter of Wisconsin FFA.
She formerly worked as the Campus Tour Coordinator at Kwik Trip and has been a manager for the Wisconsin FFA Public Relation Team for the last two years for the Wisconsin FFA Convention.
We are so excited to welcome her talents and enthusiasm to the Foundation to further our mission! Please help us welcome Kendra to the team!
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