Technology, structure transform today's FFA

MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) — “Future Farmers of America” hasn’t been the official name of the National FFA Organization for nearly 25 years, and the lessons learned by members of local chapters and agricultural students aren’t confined to the farm either.

“We have someone who wants to be an X-ray tech. We have somebody who wants to be a nurse,” said Ashley Payne, vice president of the FFA chapter at Warren High School in southeast Ohio. “I was looking at being an attorney, something related to agriculture law.”