To say that Florida rancher Marty Smith had an unusual year as president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is an understatement.

“It was damn tough,” said Smith during an interview at the Cattle Industry Convention last week in Nashville.

Smith was honored for his service to NCBA during the annual Board of Directors meeting, and he had the opportunity to address two of the general sessions, as well as accept the Cattlemen’s Beef Board first Checkoff Visionary Award, which went to his mother Jo Ann Smith, who was the first chair of the newly formed Cattlemen’s Beef Board in 1986.

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