Michigan farmer selected to lead NCBA

WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP)--A Michigan farmer will lead the National Cattlemen's Beef Association in 2009.

Gary Voogt of Grand Rapids will succeed Andy Groseta of Cottonwood, Ariz., as president.

Voogt is a retired engineering consultant with a ranch in Ottawa County's Wright Township.

He was chosen president-elect at the cattle industry's annual convention in February in Reno, Nev. He will become president at next year's convention in Phoenix.

Voogt is a past president of the Michigan Cattlemen's Association and a former chairman of the Michigan Beef Industry Commission. He has represented Michigan since 1989 as a director of the national group, which is based in Centennial, Colo.

4/14/08
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Date: 4/9/08

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