FFA Maquoketa Ag Education & FFA Cardinals · Chartered 1928 · Maquoketa, Iowa

Above the Local Level

Where Maquoketa members compete, travel and lead beyond our own chapter.

Competition

Members compete at sub-district and district events and advance to the Iowa FFA State Leadership Conference in Ames each spring.

  • NE District CDE Day: floriculture and livestock judging (results on the Awards page).
  • 2026 state qualifiers: Agricultural Biotechnology, Farm Business Management, Dairy Cattle Evaluation, Agricultural Mechanics, Floriculture (9th) and Chapter Activity Exhibit (Bronze).
  • World Dairy Expo and the Dairy Cattle Evaluation Contest, Madison, Wisconsin.
Members standing in front of a large globe at World Dairy Expo.
World Dairy Expo.

Leadership

Washington Leadership Conference (June): Tucker Moore, Dravin Thole and Laura Weirup.

Two Maquoketa FFA members in red shirts in front of the Washington Monument.
Two members in FFA official dress at the U.S. Capitol.

Iowa State Fair

Madie Herring (rabbits), Jack Strodtman (sheep) and Alexis Poll (goats) exhibited at the 2026 Iowa State Fair.

A member holding a gray rabbit beside a Maquoketa FFA rabbit sign at the Iowa State Fair.
Iowa State Fair.

Other events

Kirkwood Ag Day, the District Greenhand Fire-Up (Waverly-Shell Rock) and the National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis each fall.