2022-2023 Potential Public Speaking Topics for FFA Speeches

2022-2023 Potential Public Speaking Topics For Ag-Ed Students Competing in FFA Speech Contests

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1. The Decline in Female Cattle Coming in 2023
2. The Growing Interest in the USDA New Organic Transition Initiative
3. Feedlots Defying Gravity?
4. How Freight Rail Legislation Would Improve U.S. Wheat Market
5. The Expanding Local Meat Processing Act
6. FFA Membership reaches new High: Why such the surge?
7. The Enemy From Within: Dealing with Wedge Issues in the NCBA
8. Prussic Acid Toxicity, how an Oklahoma drought can affect your herd
9. Oklahoma’s Rural Vet Shortage
10. Sorghum in Vietnam?
11. How Read an Accurate Ag Book Week is Helping Ag Education
12. Milking The Story: Listeria Outbreak in the Dairy Industry
13. Is the Future of Offshore Wind Energy Viable?
14. Fraudulent Foods. How Food Transparency is Critical to Consumers
15. New California Pig Welfare Rule and its Impact on Small Farmers
16. Can you hear me now? Rural Agriculture still needs broadband internet
17. China and the Hot Pursuit of Land Ownership in the U.S.
18. How the Russian-Ukraine Conflict Could Affect the Ag Industry
19. Increasing the minimum wage? Could our farmers afford it?
20. What is “The New Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority”?
21. Local Schools Adopt a Cow: Get a Free Year-Long Cow for your Classroom
22. Feral Hogs Epidemic
23. Health Challenges in Rural Oklahoma
24. Combating the Opioid Crisis
25. Organic Farming vs. Non-Organic
    Agroterroism and the war on food
26. GMOs vs. Non-GMOs: Educating the public
27. Lack of Agricultural Literacy in the Public today
28. Urban Sprawl & the Erosion of Farmland
29. Combating World Hunger
30. Emerging Science of Plant-Breeding Technology
31. U.S. Trade and new Import Laws
     FarmBot and the innovation of Robot Farming
32. Vertical Farming
33. COVID-19’s impact on the Agriculture
34. Robotic Milking & the Dairy Industry
35. The Costly Curse of Social Media and It’s Effect on the Ag Industry
36. Building our Local Food Supply
37. The Current Debate of Ag Monopolies
38. The Processed Food War
39. Improving Beef Advocacy
40. Eradicating Invasive Species
41. Urban Farming: Rooftop Gardening
42. Protecting Agriculture & Rural Prosperity
43. Challenges facing Agricultural Education
44. New steps to improve Farm BioSecurity
45. Animal Welfare vs. Animal Rights
     How the legalization of Medical Marijuana could affect dAgriculture
46. The Evolution of American Agriculture Careers
47. Hunting, Fishing,& less TV, more agricultural exposure.
48. Ethanol or No Ethanol?
49. Solar Energy, Wind Farming, & Other Energy Resources
50. Local Farmer’s Markets & the need for more food.
51. SMART Farming: Using the power of apps to do more.
52. Oklahoma Mesonet & Monitoring the Environment
53. Improving Modern Aquaculture & Fish Hatcheries
54. Christmas Tree Farming and the Benefits or Local Ag Production
     How Agriculturalists Deal With Drought or Natural Disasters.
55. Agricultural Easements: How to Legally Save Farmland
56. Future of Irrigation and Water Supply
57. Greenhouse Emissions & the Public Debate
58. Purpose & History of Agricultural Extension and Education programs
59. Precision Agriculture
60. The Secretary of Agriculture & the vision for USDA
61. Community Gardens in Rural & Urban Areas
62. NAFTA & Global Agriculture
63. New American Pork Exports: Argentina and Beyond
64. E. Coli & Preventing Bacterial Outbreaks in Food
65. Supporting young/BIPOC farmers
66. Protecting Food Chain Workers
67. Starting Tradition/Setting Chapter Standards
68. Being a Team Player
69. Horizontal Drilling
70. Economic Impact of Oklahoma Agriculture
71. Land-Grant Universities: The past, present, and future role of preparing students for the Ag Industry.
72. Food Sustainability
     Agritourism: Economic, Industrial, and Rural Impact
73. New Technology in Seed Production
74. Reducing Foodborne Illnesses
75. New uses of Biocontrol Fungus
76. USDA Services for Farmers & Ranchers
77. The Rising of World Wheat Consumption
78. Potential Shifting of U.S. Farm Tariffs
79. Ag Gag Laws
    The Battle for Beef: Food Insecurity around the globe
80. School Lunch Programs & Fighting Food Insecurity during COVID-19
81. Protecting Agricultural Education, Research, and Literacy Beyond 2020
82. How to recruit new Ag Teachers into the profession
83. Smart Growth Policies
84. California’s Ban On Plastic. What could it lead to?
85. Addressing today’s skill gap and what is needed in the Ag Industry
86. Real or Unreal? The possibilities of Lab Grown Fake Meat
87. Improving Ag Literacy in Urban Areas
88. Factory Farming vs. Family Farming
89. How we can articulate the message of Agriculture
90. Exploring Nutritional Research
91. Food Identification Among Consumers
92. The Future of Auctioneering
93. Drought-Resistant Spinach: Gene-editing in Agriculture
94. Developing Local Sustainable Food Systems
95. The Affordable Clean Energy(ACE) Rule’s impact on CO2 emissions
96. Decreasing the Risks of Food-Borne Illnesses
97. Defining the Millennial Farmer
98. What is Warehouse Farming?
99. Using Drones to Fight Crop Diseases
100. Chocolate Farming? Why Cocoa Production is at Risk.
     The Negative Role of Fake News in Agriculture
101. Apps in Agriculture? The Revolution of Agriculture Technology
102. Finding Your Voice: How FFA Helps Students Overcome the Number 1 Fear
103. Intercropping: The War on Weeds and Pests
104. The Ogallala Aquifer: Making Every Drop of Water Count
     The Importance of Ag in the Classroom and Other Ag Literacy Programs
105. The Rise of Disruptive Technology and the impact on the Beef Industry
      How to Recruit New FFA Members into Your FFA Chapter
106. How Online Grocery Shopping Could Impact Consumers & Producers
107. No Wheaties for Me: The Growing Trend of Eating Gluten-Free
      Meatless Meat: Could this Alternative Meat
108. Farming in Outer Space
109. Maintaining Ag Research Funding
110. National Farm Broadcasters Association and the future of Ag Communications
111. Food availability in 2022 and beyond
112. Building our Rural Electric Infrastructure
113. The Use of Ivermectin and the Doorway to Clinical Trials
114. The Supreme Court & California’s Proposition 12 Animal Welfare Law
115. Can AI Farming Make Agriculture More Sustainable?
116. Bill Gates and Silicon Valley’s Green Tech Fund
117. Farm to Fork Agriculture Program
118. The Government Taxing Your Livestock
119. McGirt Tribal Case and the Impact on Oklahoma’s Agriculture
120. The future taxation of the US family farms
121. How FFA equips leaders to fill a desperate labor force
122. The Future of Ag Retailing
123. Farmer’s Markets Going Online!
124. How Human Trafficking Has Affected Agriculture
125. Future of Farming and the Border Crisis
126. What could be the Next Animal Pandemic?
127. Usage of Digital Tools to Communicate with Plants
128. Vaccines in your Salad? Edible Vaccines Coming to a Store near a you!
129. Do indoor plants purify the air?
130. Farms and Vaccine Requirements
131. The Taliban and Food Security in Afghanistan
132. Xenotransplantation: The Industry and the Science
133. Improving Food quality and production efficiency
134. Recent Food Changes for Charity laws
135. Food labeling & consumer information