Legendary agricultural media icon Rod Smith, Staff Editor, Livestock & Poultry, Feedstuffs, was honored for his years of service to the livestock industry during the 2013 Cattle Industry Convention. Rod is seen here receiving a gift from Kendal Frazier, Senior VP of Planning, Governance and Leadership Development, NCBA, during last evening’s media reception.
Rod is retiring on June 30th this year after 35 years with the publication. For years now he and I have opened and closed the media rooms of many conventions like this one. We’ll miss him and his incisive questions and reporting.