Career Development Events

2026 WI FFA STATE CONTESTS

State FFA CDE Registration Links
FAll CDE Event Registration - Including State Soil/Land
Day 1 (Opens March 9, 2026 at Noon)

Day 2 (Opens March 9, 2026 at Noon)
Auctioneer Event - Monday January 26, 2026 (Registration Link-TBA)

Madison College and area CDEs

April 17, 2026

Ag Communications

Ag Mechanics - Q

Ag Sales

Environmental Science- April 10

Food Science

Horse Evaluation - Q

Middle School

UW-Madison and area CDEs

April 24, 2026

Agronomy-Q

Dairy Cattle -Q

Dairy Handlers

Farm Business Management - Q

Floriculture - Q

Forestry -Q

Livestock - Q

Meats - Q

Milk Products - Q

Nursery Landscape

Poultry - Q

Vet Science - Q

Wildlife - Q

Day 1 (April 11, 2025) CDE Contest Link Day 2 (April 25, 2025) CDE Contest Results Link
Link to Photos from 2025 WI FFA CDE Events

WI FFA STATE CDE DATES:

1. Wisconsin FFA State CDE Contest - Madison College and Area: Friday, April 17, 2026 2. Wisconsin FFA State CDE Contest - UW-Madison and area: Friday, April 24, 2026

QUALIFYING FOR STATE:

FFA Teams in many CDE competitions will need to attend a regional qualification CDE and place high enough to advance to the State FFA CDE contests.
Regional Qualification Plan for 2026 Updates CDE Chart
RESULTS By Regionals - Qualification Teams

ALL STATE CDE EVENTS MUST BE REGISTERED BY Friday APRIL 3, 2026 at 5 p.m. REGISTRATION OPENS on March 11, 2026 at noon (12 p.m.)

Wisconsin FFA CDE Registration
Judging Card Website - register for all Regional and State CDE contests here!

Help Items for Contest Day:

1 - Traffic flow pattern with drop off and pick up

2 - Parking help

3 -CDE locations and start times

Overview
The primary goal of Career Development Events is to develop individual responsibilities, foster teamwork and promote communication while recognizing the value of ethical competition and individual achievement. Career development events should reflect instruction that currently takes place in the entire agricultural education program, including classroom instruction, laboratory instruction and student’s supervised agricultural experiences. CDEs are intended to be an outgrowth of instruction.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Make a copy of the Google doc that is linked below. Complete the form and then email it both the WI FFA CDE director and Glenda Crook, Managing Director of Chapter and Member Programs. wiffacde@gmail.com and gcrook@wisconsinffa.org

Documents & Resources

Name	Date Added	Size
Accommodations Form Google Doc	2/22/2024
CDE Frequently Asked Questions	9/17/2024
World Dairy Expo Advisor Guide	8/27/2025
State CDE Handbook	11/29/2023
Integrity Statement Agreement Form	8/7/2023
April 2023 In-Person Contest Results	8/7/2023
State CDE Registration Tutorial (Video)	8/7/2023

CDE CONTESTS:

Agricultural Communications	Agronomy	Ag Sales	Ag Technology & Mechanical Systems

Auctioneer	Dairy Cattle Evaluation	Dairy Handlers Activity	Environmental & Natural Resources

Farm Business/ Agribusiness	Floriculture	Food Science & Technology	Forestry

Horse Evaluation	Land & Soil Judging	Livestock Evaluation	Marketing Plan

Meat Evaluation & Technology	Middle School CDEs	Milk Quality & Products Evaluation	Nursery & Landscaping

Poultry Evaluation	Safe Tractor Operation	Veterinary Science	Wildlife

Agriculture Education - NEW for 2026