Past Issues for 2013

Here is a listing of issues that were presented at the 2013 National FFA Agricultural Issues Forum Career Development Event. Use these issue topics as examples of what others from across the United States have done. The issues have been divided into levels that either deal directly with a local, state, national, or international, that have had an influence on local communities.

• What is the Value of Our Public Lands?: A Case Study on Multipurpose Land Use and Conflicts Within Rio Blanco County
  
  
• How Do Imported Strawberries from Mexico Affect Hillsborough County Agriculture?
  
  
• Organic Food Production: Should our community utilize organic production methods?
  
  
• Can Graham County Benefit From a Wind Farm?
  
  
• Go With The Flow-Is Consolidated Grain and Barge the best choice for the Meade County Riverport?
  
  
• Should the Board of Commissioners Grant Permission for the Expansion of our County LandFill?
  
  
• Are Advancing agriculture tiling pactices destroying quality duck habitat and in Steens County for the long term?
  
  
• Will Kingfisher County expand its production of renewable energy, or is this project gone with the wind?
  
  

• Solar Farms: Powered Up or Power Down in California?
  
  
• How should the Farm Use tag be enforced in Delaware?
  
  
• Ag Gag Bill: For Butter or Worse?
  
  
• Should the Waters Be Shared?
  
  
• Should the Population of Feral Hogs be Controlled by Any Means Necessary?
  
  
• How Does the Condition of the Environment Affect Human Health?
  
  
• Should the construction of new access roads and trails be permitted in the Bitterroot National Forest?
  
  
• Should We Invest in Upgrading the P&L Shortline Railroad?
  
  

• Which is more valuable: Agricultural Land Preservation or Urban Development?
  
  
• Does Natural Gas Hydraulic Fracturing Impact Cattle Production?
  
  
• Should Corn Be Used For Ethanol or Feed?
  
  
• Should Hydraulic Fracturing, Also Known As Fracking, Be Outlawed?
  
  
• Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare. Where do we draw the line?
  
  
• The Uncertain Destiny of an American Legend, Should Horse Processing be allowed in the United States?
  
  
• Should You Buy Organic or Conventionally Grown Food?
  
  
• Fires Helpful or Not?
  
  
• What are the Pros and Cons of Gun Control When Considering Agriculture?
  
  
• Should Animals be used for Scientific Testing?
  
  
• The National School Lunch Program: Is it Historic Legislation?
  
  
• What is Happening to the Ogallala Aquifer?
  
  
• Should Federal School Lunch Regulations be Repealed?
  
  
• Is Biodiesel Here to Stay?
  
  
• Can Oil and Water Mix?
  
  
• The American Gray Wolf...Story book ending or Big Bad Wolf?
  
  
• What is the Sustainability of Grass-fed Beef?
  
  
• Is Raw or Pasteurized Milk the Better Choice?
  
  
• What Affect Will the Farm to School Program have on our Community?
  
  
• Feedlot Production: Benefit or Burden?
  
  

• To Know or Not to Know: GMOs