October 2025
Delegates at the 2025 Florida Farm Bureau Annual Meeting have re-elected Jeb S. Smith of St. Johns County for his third two-year term as president of the organization. Smith has served on the state board continuously since 2012. He is the 12th president to serve the organization.
“It is an honor to continue serving as the Florida Farm Bureau president,” said Smith. “I look forward to working alongside our grassroots members and our state staff to fulfill our organization’s mission of increasing the net income of farmers and ranchers and improving the quality of rural life.”
A lifelong resident and business owner in St. Johns County, Smith and his family raise cattle and produce hay and sod. Smith’s family has farmed the land in St. Johns County for more than 100 years.
Smith began his Farm Bureau career as a local volunteer leader and has received the Florida Farm Bureau Outstanding Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award and Discussion Meet Award. He has also served on American Farm Bureau’s advisory committees.
Smith studied at Ambassador Baptist College in Shelby, NC and is the founding pastor of God’s Way Baptist Church in Hastings.
Jeb and his wife, Wendy, have been married for more than 30 years. They have four grown children: Jared (m. Kamryn), Cady (m. Hunter), Jeremy, and Cayla, and two grandchildren.