Iowa will be exceptionally well represented at this year’s National F-F-A Convention and Expo, which opens this morning in Indianapolis. Scott Johnson, executive director of the Iowa F-F-A Association, says about three-thousand Iowa members will be at the national event. Johnson says interest — and membership — in the ag education youth organization is growing at the state and national levels.

Iowa has 242 chapters and since 2012, the state’s seen a 25-percent boost in F-F-A membership. While fewer than two percent of Americans are directly involved with production agriculture, one in three jobs in Iowa are ag-related and young people are recognizing the advantages of pursuing careers in the ever-broadening field.

The 92nd annual national event in Indiana runs through Saturday, gathering some 65-thousand F-F-A members.