03/26/08

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

Gary Voogt 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 last month 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.
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