Grayson County beef cattleman Richard L. Sutherland of Elk Creek was elected Dec. 4 to a fifth three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Elections of officers and directors were held at the 2024 VFBF Annual Convention in Hot Springs.

As a board member, Sutherland will represent Farm Bureau producer members in Grayson, Smyth and Washington counties.

He is a member of the VFBF Livestock Advisory Committee. He also is a past president of the Grayson County Farm Bureau and a current member of the Carroll/Grayson Cattle Producers Association.

Sutherland attended Wytheville Community College and Virginia Tech. He and his wife, Brenda, attend Lebanon Methodist Church. They have one son, Matthew, who helps farm part time.


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Contact Pam Wiley, vice president of communications, at 804-291-6315.