SD Agricultural Education History

To commemorate the passage of the Smith Hughes Act of 1917, I have decided to write a historical summary of events that have occurred in the South Dakota Agricultural Education program. Over the next 18 months to two years, I plan to submit a series of articles for the American News Farm Forum (The Green Sheet) as a means of sharing how the South Dakota program originated and developed over the past 100 years.

Clark W. Hanson
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural Education, SDSU
February 7, 2017

National FFA Organization History