Ron Smith 1, Senior Content Director

March 17, 2015

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Wednesday, March 18, is National Agriculture Day. Those of us who work with farmers and ranchers all the time, and feel privileged to do so, understand the wonder and the woes farmers face every year as they produce the grains, the fruits and vegetables, the meat, eggs and dairy products most of us take for granted every time we enter a supermarket. And then we have the fiber, the leather and the energy we get from agriculture to keep us clothed and comfortable and moving across the country at a brisk pace.

We honor farmers most days. We try to tell their stories in the most accurate way we can. Today, we’d like to tell a bit of their story with a few pictures depicting a little insight into what they do for the rest of us.

About the Author(s)

Ron Smith 1

Senior Content Director, Farm Press/Farm Progress

Ron Smith has spent more than 40 years covering Sunbelt agriculture. Ron began his career in agricultural journalism as an Experiment Station and Extension editor at Clemson University, where he earned a Masters Degree in English in 1975. He served as associate editor for Southeast Farm Press from 1978 through 1989. In 1990, Smith helped launch Southern Turf Management Magazine and served as editor. He also helped launch two other regional Turf and Landscape publications and launched and edited Florida Grove and Vegetable Management for the Farm Press Group. Within two years of launch, the turf magazines were well-respected, award-winning publications. Ron has received numerous awards for writing and photography in both agriculture and landscape journalism. He is past president of The Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association and was chosen as the first media representative to the University of Georgia College of Agriculture Advisory Board. He was named Communicator of the Year for the Metropolitan Atlanta Agricultural Communicators Association. More recently, he was awarded the Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award by the Texas Plant Protection Association. Smith also worked in public relations, specializing in media relations for agricultural companies. Ron lives with his wife Pat in Johnson City, Tenn. They have two grown children, Stacey and Nick, and three grandsons, Aaron, Hunter and Walker.

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