WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A Michigan farmer will lead the Colorado-based 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 the Grand Rapids area.
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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