President Trump met in the Roosevelt Room of the White House today with several of our country's farmers and ranchers to discuss the nations food supply. One guest from Florida is of special note; Marty Smith, a Florida rancher serving this year as President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
A plentiful supply of beef and pork are back on the shelves of many SW Florida supermarkets.
Scroll to the 25:33 minute mark to hear Mr. Smiths' remarks:
MR. SMITH: Thank you, Mr. President. You have provided unprecedented leadership and -- to the United States and to the world throughout this crisis. And with that, you've shown so much concern and so much support for American agriculture. And on behalf of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the rest of agriculture, I want to say thank you.
I'm Marty Smith and I'm a rancher from Florida and serving this year as President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Your executive order a few weeks ago directed toward the packers -- we're starting to see the impact of that. We're getting beef, pork back online and getting the products back on the shelf.
You know, America's farmers and ranchers continue to work around the clock to feed the public, to feed all of our nation, to feed a lot part of the -- a large part of the world. What you've done with that and what we're doing with this -- with this current program enables us to stay in business and continue to do that.
Again, we thank you for that. We thank your administration. Working with Secretary Perdue has just been a great way for us to all move forward.
But even more importantly than that, I want to thank you and your family. You know, with us it's all about our families and our family operation. Your family is just as dedicated to this. And, Ivanka, we thank you for the support you've shown to us. It's just -- it's so meaningful. And together we get through this and we do beat this. And we keep the highest quality, safest, most-sustainable protein sources on the plate of Americans all through this. And we thank you.
Full remarks here.
