Agriculture-themed persuasive speech topics can help advocates advocate for various agricultural policies or promote its importance, as well as address issues like food safety.
FFA members participating in the Prepared Public Speaking Leadership Development Event must compose and deliver a six to eight minute speech about any current agriculture topic of their choosing, followed by answering judges’ questions immediately afterward.
Pesticides
Pesticides are chemicals used to kill or deter pests from damaging crops. You’ll often find these pesticides in spray cans, crop dusters, household cleaners, hand soaps and household cleaners. While an integral component of agriculture, they can be dangerous for both humans and other species alike. This topic could focus on effects of pesticides in food supply systems; alternative approaches for managing pest control; organic farming solutions etc.
Food safety is an issue that impacts everyone; we need food to live! Therefore, it makes for an excellent discussion topic about the pros and cons of ensuring our food supply remains safe. Often controversial topics such as this allow speakers to take an stand against either side of an argument.
Food Safety
Food safety is an issue that affects everyone, as we must eat to live. Your speech can focus on how agriculture industry works to ensure food cultivated on farms is safe for consumption; or current events related to contaminated foods which have led to illnesses in consumers who ate them.
Animal welfare is another essential topic in agricultural, and you may choose to take a stance either way on whether animals are treated humanely. Use hard facts as support for your claim.
Agriculture is an expansive industry with numerous topics for exploration. Selecting interesting and research-backed topics that elicit different viewpoints is crucial to making a compelling speech presentation about agriculture-related subjects such as genetic modification, definition of agricultural jargons or seed patents.
Organic Farming
Organic farming is a method of agriculture which does not use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, helping the environment by maintaining healthier soil. Organic farming makes for an interesting topic to discuss when giving an agricultural speech.
An interesting topic for an agricultural speech would be animal treatment on farms that specialize in breeding them for food. You can take a stand on whether these animals are treated humanely while backing your argument with facts.
Agriculture has an enormous effect on our everyday lives, so exploring its many facets through presentation topics related to it can be immensely helpful in writing and delivering an engaging speech in class or at an event. If your presentation goes well enough, you might even win state competition and advance onto national levels!
Prepared Public Speaking
Prepared public speaking is an FFA leadership development event in which members research a topic and create an informative speech about it before presenting their speech before judges in competitions held at regional, area, state and national levels.
Content of your speech is critical, but delivery is even more crucial. Be confident when speaking out loud with energy and precision; judges do not usually deduct for incorrect facts.
When selecting a speech topic, find one that interests both yourself and your audience. For instance, consider discussing how nutrition affects sleep or why music can be such an influential force – these topics are sure to keep their audience engrossed!
Extemporaneous Public Speaking Leadership Development Event
The Improvised Public Speaking Leadership Development Event allows members to research and compose a six- to eight minute speech on any agricultural related topic of their choosing, which will then be evaluated by judges based on written essays, speech delivery style and ability to respond to judges questions. The state winner advances to compete at the National FFA Convention held each October.
Agriculture is a vast field with numerous intriguing topics. Some can be highly contentious, such as animal treatment on farms breeding livestock for food production. You can take either a pro- or con-position on these practices before supporting them with hard facts to back your position up.
Participants may bring a manuscript with a clear cover to prepare themselves prior to an event, however this material should differ significantly from what will be delivered during their speech.