Purposes of Delta Tau Alpha

1)	to promote and recognize high standards of scholarship, leadership and character among agricultural students;
2)	to encourage and foster high ethical standards in agriculture and professional positions held by agricultural students;
3)	to band together a group of outstanding students who by scholastic accomplishment, service and upholding high character standards have been recognized for these traits and are capable of recognizing these traits in others;
4)	to promote the profession of agriculture;
5)	to render service and to cooperate with the student bodies and the agricultural divisions of the respective institutions.