06/26/08 Cattlemen's summer conference

Those who pre-registered are set for July 15th through the 19th in Denver at the annual Cattle Industry Summer Conference. National Cattlemen's Beef Association president-elect Gary Voogt says they have issues that must be addressed. VOOGT "Failed energy policies of the United States everything we do about business. We're going to have to depend That, says Voogt, means that you can't play by the old rules, the previous way of doing business. He sees this as a critical time for building and driving beef demand. He wants to discuss ways to improve the beef checkoff and the state beef federations. VOOGT "There's two important things. One is the enhancement of the checkoff and then there is the strengthening of the federation to make sure that the money is used as wisely as can be." Voogt hopes that people set regional differences aside and work for the common good of the entire cattle industry. VOOGT "what we're going to have to do understand what its like to walk in somebody else's moccasins." Voice of Idaho Agriculture Bill Scott