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Competition
Issues
R-CALF USA's 2008 Congressional Priorities (Adobe Acrobat Reader 24K)
R-CALF USA's 6th Submission to the Department of Justice August 4, 2008
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File
R-CALF USA letter to Mississippi
Attorney General Jim Hood July 14, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 64K)
R-CALF USA letter to Ohio
Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers July 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File
89K)
Letter from Sen. Herb Kohl, Chairman, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition
Policy & Consumer Rights to the United States Department of Justice June 24,
2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 136K)
R-CALF USA's letter to
Oklahoma Attorney General W.A. Drew Edmondson regarding JBS June 20, 2008
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 80K)
Todd Staples Texas Commissioner
of Agriculture and Susan Combs Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts joint letter
to the Department of Justice June 13, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 36K)
R-CALF USA's letter
to Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon with exhibits June 12, 2008 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 6 MB)
Oklahoma Attorney General, W.A. Drew Edmondson's letter to the Department of
Justice regarding JBS May 28, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 62K)
R-CALF USA's Post Hearing Brief to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on
Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights June 5, 2008 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 177K)
R-CALF USA's Fifth Submission to the U.S. Department of Justice May
28, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 89 K)
North
Dakota Attorney General
Wayne Stenehjem's letter to
the Department of Justice
Dated April 29, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 659 K)
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson's letter to the Department of Justice
May 8, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 665 KB)
R-CALF USA's 4th
Submission to the Department of Justice May 20, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader
48K)
JBS SWIFT's Feedlot Contract
May 21, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 582K)
Mandatory
Livestock Price Reporting, New Rule May 16, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 MB;
230 Pages)
Farm Bill Coalition Letter to
the U.S. House May 13, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 29K)
Farm Bill Coalition Letter
to the U.S. Senate May 13, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 29K)
R-CALF USA's Supplemental Comments to the Department of Justice regarding JBS
May 8, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 321 K)
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All Exhibits are
PDFs |
Exhibit 4 - Testing for Market Power in Beef Packing, 1999 |
Exhibit 8 - Beef Pricing and Other Contentious Industry Issues,
Special Report, 2004 |
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Exhibit 1 - Structural Changes in Cattle Feeding and Meat Packing |
Exhibit 5 - The U.S. Beef Industry, Cattle Cycles, Price Spreads,
and Packer Concentration, 1999 |
Exhibit 9 - USDA Announces New Confidentiality Guidelines for
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program |
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Exhibit 2 - Packer Concentration and Packer Supplies |
Exhibit 6 - Examining Packer Choice of Slaughter Cattle Procurement |
Exhibit 10 - Captive Supplies and Cash Market Prices |
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Exhibit 3 - Review of Causes and Consequences of Economic
Concentration |
Exhibit 7 - Captive Supplies and the Cash Market Price |
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R-CALF USA Testimony
for Senate Judiciary Committee regarding JBS Acquisitions May 7, 2008 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader PDF File 511K) Exhibits below.
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Exhibit 1 - Structural Changes in Cattle Feeding and Meat Packing |
Exhibit 10 - USDA Announces New Confidentiality Guidelines for
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program |
Exhibit 19 - Meatpoultry.com, Swift |
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Exhibit 2 - Packer Concentration and Packer Supplies |
Exhibit 11 - Daily Livestock Report |
Exhibit 20 - Brownfield Ag Network, Oct. 13, 2006 |
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Exhibit 3 - Review of Causes and Consequences of Economic
Concentration |
Exhibit 12 - Captive Supplies and Cash Market Prices |
Exhibit 21 - Brownfield Ag Network, Oct. 20, 2006 |
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Exhibit 4 - Testing for Market Power in Beef Packing |
Exhibit 13 - The Changing Structure of Global Food Markets |
Exhibit 22 - Down Jones Brazil, Nov. 20, 2007 |
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Exhibit 5 - The U.S. Beef Industry, Cattle Cycles, Price Spreads,
and Packer Concentration |
Exhibit 14 - Letter from Bruce Bass |
Exhibit 23 - Bloomberg News, JBS Brazil, Nov. 29, 2007 |
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Exhibit 6 - ERS, Beef and Pork Values and Price Spreads Explained |
Exhibit 15 - Muscle Scoring Provides Important Production Tips |
Exhibit 24 - History of Smithfield Foods |
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Exhibit 7 - Examining Packer Choice of Slaughter Cattle Procurement |
Exhibit 16 - Standard Terms and Conditions |
Figure 6, Exhibit 2, AMI Data |
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Exhibit 8 - Captive Supplies and the Cash Market Price |
Exhibit 17 - National Cuts Back |
Figure 6, Exhibit 3, Heffernan Data |
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Exhibit 9 - Beef Pricing and Other Contentious Industry Issues |
Exhibit 18 - Tyson Cuts Back |
Figure 6, Exhibit 4, CME Group Data |
R-CALF USA and OCM Letter to State Attorneys General
April 30, 2008 Click below to view the letter.
R-CALF USA Post
Meeting Comments Following April 16, 2008 Meeting with U.S. Department of
Justice April 24, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 247 K)
R-CALF USA's
letter to Chairmen Tom Harkin and Collin Peterson and Ranking Members Chambliss
and Goodlatte April 22, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 94 K)
Missouri
Attorney General's letter to Department of Justice regarding JBS Acquisition
April 15, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 85 K)
Letter to The Honorable Thomas Barnett, Asst. Attorney General U.S. Department
of Justice with 18 exhibits April 9, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 304 K)
R-CALF USA Exhibits sent to the Department
of Justice:
Letter to Department of Justice
opposing JBS Deal from Representatives Boyda, Cubin, and others March 26,
2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 113 K)
Letter from 73 organizations to
the Department of Justice opposing JBS Deal March 25, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat
Reader 24 K)
R-CALF USA's letter to the
Department of Justice regarding JBS Purchases March 12, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat
Reader 34 K)
U.S. Representatives Cubin and
Herseth-Sandlin's letter to President Bush Regarding Ban on Packer Ownership
March 3, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 42K)
U.S. Representatives
Cubin and Herseth-Sandlin's letter to Chairman Peterson and Ranking Member
Goodlatte Regarding Ban on Packer Ownership March 3, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat
Reader 49K)
R-CALF USA's letter to the House
and Senate Ag. Committees, No to another study February 26, 2008 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 99K)
R-CALF USA's letter to the Members of the House and Senate regarding the need
for prohibition on packer ownership January 31, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader
95 K)
8th Circuit Court of
Appeals Decision January 29, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 27K)
R-CALF USA Fact Sheet:
Prohibition on Packer Ownership January 18, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 35K)
R-CALF USA Fact Sheet: U.S. Meat
Slaughter Plants that Own More than One Plant January 18, 2008 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 19K)
R-CALF USA's letter
to U.S. Congress regarding 2007 Farm Bill Priorities January 16, 2007 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 104K)
R-CALF USA's 2007 Farm Bill Priorities January 16, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat
Reader 10K)
US Premium Beef Letter
October 31, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 706K)
The
Meat and Poultry Promotion Coalition letter regarding Tester Amendment
December 13, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 588K)
The Meat and Poultry
Promotion Coalition letter regarding Lincoln Substitute December 13, 2007
(Adobe Acrobat Reader 596K)
R-CALF
USA letter to the U.S. Senate asking for support of the Livestock Titles in the
2007 Farm Bill October 19, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 93K)
Meat, Poultry Promotion
Coalition, NCBA Letter to Chairman Harkin to oppose Livestock Title in 2007 Farm
Bill October 18, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 70K)
R-CALF USA's letter to
Senate Agriculture Committee Members regarding Livestock Title Provisions
October 2, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 100K)
GIPSA letter
to R-CALF USA response to July 16 letter August 8, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat
Reader 917K)
R-CALF USA Supplemental
Comments in opposition to OTM Rule August 2, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 137
K)
Representative Barbara Cubin's BSE Amendment (Draft) July 25, 2007 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 39K)
Representative Barbara Cubin's Amendment Summary July 25, 2007 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 41K)
R-CALF USA's repsonse to GIPSA
regarding the RTI Study July 16, 2007 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 95K)
R-CALF USA Fact Sheet: Why Competition Reforms are Needed in the 2007 Farm Bill
June 18, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 20K)
GIPSA letter to R-CALF USA regarding RTI Study (response to May 23, 2007
letter) June 14, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 1MB)
R-CALF USA Fact
Sheet: Four Competition Reform Priorities June 4, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader
30K)
Letter from Stanley Scott
to Chairman Boswell regarding the Meat and Poultry Promotion Coalition May
24, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 492K)
Letter from R-CALF USA to Chairman Boswell regarding the Meat and Poultry
Promotion Coalition May 23, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 24K)
Meat and Poultry
Promotion Coalition Letter to Chairman Boswell May 23, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat
Reader 28K)
Competition
Reforms Requested in 2007 Farm Bill May 23, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF
File 10K)
Letter from R-CALF USA
to Administrator James E. Link, GIPSA May 23, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF
File 40K)
Competition Reform Questions
& Answers for 2007 Farm Bill Discussion May 23, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader
PDF File 16K)
Letter to U.S. House of Representatives from the Coalition for Fair
Agriculture and Rural Markets May 21, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF
File 53K)
R-CALF USA letter
to Chairman Boswell, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock Dairy and
Poultry May 21, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 31K)
Testimony of R-CALF USA by
Vice President/Region II Director Randy Stevenson Before the United States House
of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy
and Poultry April 27, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File152K)
Testimony of R-CALF USA by Director Eric Nelson Before the United States Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Hearing on Livestock, Poultry,
and Competition Issues in the 2007 Farm Bill April 18, 2007
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 145K)
2007 R-CALF USA Farm Bill Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File
107K)
Competitive and Far Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 Fact Sheet (Adobe
Acrobat Reader PDF File 80K)
GIPSA's Livestock and Meat Marketing Study January 2007
Response letter to Representative Ike Skelton March 28, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat
Reader PDF File 34K)
S. 622 “Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007," Congressional
Record February 15, 2007
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 108K)
Comments on Renewal of the Farm Bill submitted by Leo McDonnell to the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, Regional Farm Bill Hearing,
Great Falls, Montana August
17, 2006
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 196K)
Comments on Renewal of the Farm Bill submitted by Jim Hanna to the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, Regional Farm Bill Hearing,
Grand Island, Nebraska August 16, 2006 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File
196K)
Comments on Renewal of the Farm Bill by Eric Nelson, Moville, IA on Behalf
of R-CALF USA July 24th, 2006 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 197K)
R-CALF USA 2006 Position Paper: Competition in the Cattle and Beef Market
H.R.719 - A 108th
House of Representatives Bill Banning Packer Ownership of Livestock
February 12, 2003
Competition
Letter to Cochran, Harkin, Goodlatte, and Stenholm January 14,
2003
S.27 - A 108th Senate Bill
Banning Packer Ownership of Livestock January 7, 2003
"Ensuring Open
and Competitive Markets: Are Meat
Packers Abusing Market Power?" - Testimony by Leo McDonnell
August 23, 2002
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Ag Associations Submit Letter Calling for Immediate Senate
Investigation into the U.S. Cattle Market
July 16, 2002 R-CALF
USA Director Herman Schumacher's Ban on Packer Ownership Testimony
July 16, 2002
Pickett v.
Tyson/IBP
Brief of Amici Curiae R-CALF USA and 36 Cattle Producer Groups in Support of
Petitioners February 8, 2006 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 171K)
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