2008

• 12/29/08 — Groups Continue Fight to Preserve Market Competition in Wake of Possible Government Settlement of JBS Merger 
• 12/29/08 — Group Wins Major Animal ID Dispute; USDA Cancels Mandatory Premises Registration Directive 
• 12/19/08 — CEO Bill Bullard Receives President’s Award from Nebraska Farmers Union
• 12/17/08 — Cattle Producers Pleased with Obama’s Picks for Agriculture, Interior Secretaries 
• 12/15/08 — Under What Authority Can USDA Impose Premises Registration?
• 12/12/08 — OIG Again Slams USDA for BSE Mitigation Failures at Packing Plants
• 12/10/08 — Determined and Focused, Group to Get Back to Basics in Rapid City, S.D. 10^th Annual Convention Slated for Jan. 23-24, 2009
• 12/10/08 — Cattle Producers’ Needs, Interests Represented at Obama-Biden Agriculture Transition Team Meeting  
• 12/08/08 — Op-Ed Beef Packers All But Stealing U.S. Cattle; At the Meat Counter, Consumers Also Get the Shaft
• 11/28/08 — Misrepresentation of EPA’s So-Called ‘Cow & Pig Tax’ Distracts Producers from True Issues
• 11/20/08 — Johnson, Enzi Still Tow the Line to Stop Imports from FMD-Affected Argentina
• 11/19/08 — NAIS’ 840 Tags Polite Gesture, but Overkill 
• 11/18/08 — Group Asks Senate to Oppose Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 
• 11/17/08 — USDA Continues to Expose U.S. to Unnecessary Risk 16^th BSE-Infected Cow is Canada’s 9^th Case Born After March 1, 1999
• 11/14/08 — Cattle Producers and OCM File Suit Against JBS Merger 
• 11/12/08 — USDA Reneges on Promise to Keep NAIS Voluntary  Producers Request APHIS/Congress Retract Unlawful Memo Mandating Participation 
• 11/10/08 — 4 More Attorneys General Join Justice Department to Stop Brazilian Firm JBS from Acquiring National Beef Packing Co. 
• 11/06/08 — Statement on Election Outcomes: President/Region VI Director Max Thornsberry, DVM, MBA 
• 11/04/08 — Easterday Ranches Makes Wild Run at COOL
• 10/28/08 — Group Now Offers Health Insurance to Its Members
• 10/23/08 — Fort Pierre Livestock Breaks $10,000 in Fall Fund-Raiser Kickoff 
• 10/22/08 — Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Making False Claims
• 10/21/08 — Justice Department’s and States’ Antitrust Complaint Reveals Knowledge of U.S. Cattle Industry 
• 10/20/08 — Group Applauds Justice Department and States Action Against Proposed JBS Mergers  
• 10/16/08 — KLA’s Actions in Support of Proposed JBS Mergers “Irresponsible and Damaging”
• 10/16/08 — Op-Ed Beef Exports and NCBA: Part of the Problem, or Part of the Solution?
• 10/15/08 — Group Pleased with Tyson’s COOL Letters, But Still Cautious About Remaining Loopholes
• 10/15/08 — CEO Statement: Board Votes to Discontinue Litigation Against Former Directors 
• 10/13/08 — Group Chooses Proactive Path to Prevent U.S. Cattle Industry Crisis by Pushing for No-Cost Changes to National Policies  
• 10/08/08 — Meeting Educates, Informs 100-Plus Cattle Producers
• 10/06/08 — 7^th Submission to Justice Department Highlights Disparity in Fed Cattle Prices Between, Among Various Regions Over 12 Weeks
• 09/30/08 — Consumers: Today, It Becomes Your Legal Right – Tell Your Grocer You Want USA Beef! 
• 09/30/08 — Cattle Producers Back Tester’s Beef Checkoff Modernization Act 
• 09/26/08 — Group Requests Improvements to COOL in Formal Comments to USDA 
• 09/25/08 — COOL: 31 Senators Stand Up to USDA for Cattle Producers, Consumers
• 09/18/08 — Myths versus Facts Surrounding Proposed JBS Mergers 
• 09/17/08 — COOL Question: Livestock Producers Want Clarification from USDA on Intent of Packer/Retailer Loophole in Interim Final Rule 
• 09/11/08 — Tester Asks USDA to Correct Questionable COOL Loophole
• 09/10/08 — CEO Makes JBS Presentation to Justice Department 
• 09/05/08 — Industry COOL Meeting with USDA Good News for Members
• 09/05/08 — Impromptu Meeting with Amish Generates Interest in Organization
• 09/02/08 — Cattle Producers Disappointed in Court’s Creekstone Decision; Give Export Customers What They Want
• 08/25/08 — Op-Ed: Desensitization By R-CALF USA Board President / Region VI Director Max Thornsberry, DVM, MBA 
• 08/21/08 — CEO Breaks Silence Regarding Director Shake-up; Extends Olive Branch to End Lawsuits Against Former Directors Statement by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard 
• 08/21/08 — Concerns About Canada’s Latest BSE Case Cause U.S. Cattle Prices to Drop; Mexico Bans Cattle from Alberta
• 08/18/08 — CFIA BSE Mantra is Absurd in the Extreme; Canada No Longer Tests Herd Mates for Disease 
• 08/11/08 — USDA Clarifies Livestock Producer Compliance with New COOL Interim Final Rule
• 08/06/08 — 11,054 Cattle Operations in 30-County Area will be Impacted if U.S. Air Force Expands Powder River Training Complex 
• 08/05/08 — 6^th Submission to Justice Department Reveals Still More Ways JBS Mergers Would Harm Independent U.S. Cattle Producers, Feeders
• 08/01/08 — CEO Attends Meeting on U.S. Air Force Plans to Expand Powder River Training Complex; Petition Says Action Would Constitute a Taking of Private Property 
• 07/25/08 — Judge Partially Halts Critical Feed Use of CRP Land; Permanent Injunction Allows Conditional Haying/Grazing
• 07/23/08 — Groups Urge Congress to Immediately Halt Any Further Advancement of NAIS; Also Request Oversight Hearing to Investigate NAIS Activities 
• 07/22/08 — Groups Ask OMB to Keep Spirit, Intent of Congressional Amendments in New COOL Regulations
• 07/21/08 — U.S. Air Force Plans to Expand Powder River Training Complex; Huge Impact on Cattle Producers in Mont., N. D., S.D., and Wyo.
• 07/18/08 — Cattle Producers Ask for Congress’ Assistance in CRP Fight
• 07/17/08 — Common Sense Prevails Over NCBA ‘Free Trade’ Rhetoric; Appropriations Committee Approves FMD Bill 
• 07/17/08 — NCBA Fighting Against Interests of U.S. Cattle Producers With Campaign to Kill Foot-and-Mouth Disease Bill
• 07/16/08 — Cattle Producers Pleased with House Leaders’ Introduction of Legislation to Prevent Introduction of FMD
• 07/15/08 — OIG Confirms Producers’ Concerns: USDA Not Adequately Protecting Borders Against Unauthorized Cattle Imports 
• 07/10/08 — Cattle Producers Seek Solutions to Judge’s Halt of CRP Grazing
• 07/10/08 — Cattle Producers Praise Senate Efforts to Prevent Introduction of FMD from Argentina
• 07/03/08 — Members Win 3rd Injunction Against USDA’s BSE Rules
• 07/02/08 — Plaintiffs File Supplemental Notice in OTM Case 
• 06/27/08 — Canada Continues to Detect BSE in Younger Cattle; New Case Makes 14 Animals Indigenous to Canada 
• 06/26/08 — USDA Urged Yet Again to Reallocate from NAIS Budget Funds to Continue Brucellosis Vaccination, Surveillance
• 06/25/08 — Family Ranchers, Farmers, Local Food Advocates Criticize Efforts to Tie School Lunch Program to NAIS
• 06/24/08 — Senate Antitrust Subcommittee to Justice Department: Block Proposed JBS Acquisitions
• 06/24/08 — Oklahoma-Specific Cattle Industry Information Provided to AG for Review of JBS Merger Consequences 
• 06/19/08 — Texas Officials Urge Justice Department to Closely Examine Ramifications of JBS Merger
• 06/17/08 — Op-Ed: Opposition to Clean Water Restoration Act is the Right Decision
• 06/12/08 — Court Decision Suspends USDA’s Efforts to Establish New Privacy Act System of Records for NAIS 
• 06/11/08 — Members Modify Policies on NAIS, Animal Identification
• 06/10/08 — Contributions Top $14,000 at Fort Pierre Livestock Auction Fund-Raiser 
• 06/09/08 — Oklahoma Attorney General Joins Colleagues to Warn Justice Department That JBS Deal Could Harm Cattle Producers, Consumers 
• 05/29/08 — JBS Mergers Would Cause Additional Feedlot Integration, Resulting in Direct Harm to Cow/Calf Producers
• 05/27/08 — North Dakota Attorney General: JBS Acquisitions Will Lessen Competition
• 05/23/08 — Cattle Producers Appreciate Congressional Override of President’s Farm Bill Veto
• 05/22/08 — 4 New Private Property Rights Policies Take Effect
• 05/22/08 — Minnesota Attorney General Applauded for Stance on JBS Acquisitions
• 05/21/08 — JBS Swift Requires U .S. Feedlots to Waive Rights Under Packers & Stockyards Act
• 05/20/08 — 99 Percent of Members Vote to Adopt New Marketing Policy
• 05/19/08 — 99 Percent of Members Approve New Trade Policy
• 05/15/08 — New Rule on Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting is Improvement, But Upgrades Still Necessary
• 05/15/08 — Members Approve Policy to Enhance Beef Checkoff
• 05/14/08 — Members Approve 2 Animal Health Resolutions
• 05/13/08 — R-CALF USA Defends U.S. Cattle Industry Against JBS Merger
• 05/13/08 — Coalition to Congress: Vote for the Farm Bill Conference Report
• 05/06/08 — USA FREE Scholarship Recipients Announced
• 05/05/08 — Farm Bill Update: No Packer Ban, but Wins and Progress in Other Areas
• 05/05/08 — CEO to Testify at Hearing Designed to Examine Concentration in Agriculture, Proposed JBS Acquisitions
• 04/30/08 — State Attorneys General Asked to Investigate Proposed JBS Mergers
• 04/29/08 — File Your Testimony Against the Clean Water Restoration Act Now!
• 04/29/08 — Directors Adopt Policy to Oppose Relocation of Plum Island’s Foreign Animal Disease Research Lab
• 04/24/08 — FDA’s Politically Based Feed Ban Rule Circumvents Scientific Recommendations Imported Cattle Allowed More Favorable Treatment than U.S. Cattle
• 04/23/08 — USDA Utilizes Doublespeak in NAIS Business Plan; Reality: NAIS Promotes Increased Imports, not Animal Health
• 04/22/08 — Cattle Producers Reiterate Farm Bill Priorities
• 04/21/08 — Missouri Attorney General Applauded for Stance on JBS Acquisitions
• 04/15/08 — Well-Known Angus Breeder, Well-Known Angus Sales Manager Warn U.S. Cattle Industry of Perils if JBS Deals Approved
• 04/10/08 — Justice Department Urged – Again – to Thoroughly Probe JBS Deal
• 04/08/08 — Imported Colombian Beef Will Pose Food Safety Issue; House, Senate Urged to Vote Against Trade Deal
• 04/02/08 — Treasure Valley Livestock Auction Hosts $25,000 Fund-Raiser
• 04/02/08 — 4^th Straight Year for Lucky 7 Angus to Host Fund-Raiser, Membership Drive
• 04/01/08 — Cattle Producers Request APHIS to Withdraw Fever Tick Rule
• 03/31/08 — Future of U.S. Cattle Industry Should Not Be Left to Chance By R-CALF USA Region IX Director George Chambers 
• 03/27/08 — Bipartisan Group of Representatives to Justice Department:  JBS Deal Could Harm U.S. Cattle Producers
• 03/25/08 — 73 Groups Urge Justice Department to Consider Blocking JBS Deal
• 03/25/08 — Data Reveal Huge Cattle and Beef Trade Deficits with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Countries
• 03/18/08 — Opinion: Beef Packers Likely to Get What They Wished For; By R-CALF USA Region VII Director Eric Nelson
• 03/18/08 — Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota Cattle Producers, Auction Yards Band Together to Protect the U.S. Cattle Industry  
• 03/12/08 —Cattle Producers to Department of Justice: Block JBS Purchases 
• 03/05/08 — JBS Purchases Cause Further Beef Industry Concentration; Congress Must Protect Independent Producers Against Oligopoly
• 03/04/08 — Bipartisan Congressional Momentum Builds to Support Prohibition of Packer Ownership of Livestock 
• 03/04/08 — Fight NAIS Down to the Last Cowboy: Australia Beef Association
• 02/28/08 — Cattle Producers Endorse Proposed Traceback Bill 
• 02/27/08 — Another Livestock Competition Study will be Too Little, Too Late
• 02/27/08 — 9^th Annual Convention Rejuvenates, Educates Participants
• 02/26/08 — Canada Continues to Detect BSE in Younger Cattle; New Case Makes 13 Animals Indigenous to Canada 
• 02/13/08 — NCBA Resorts to Lies in Effort to Thwart Proposed Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock
• 02/12/08 — Cattle Producers, Get Involved While You Still Can By R-CALF USA Convention Committee Chair Eric Nelson
• 02/11/08 —Opinion: Large Meatpackers are Fighting Against Consumer Interests By R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard
• 02/8/08 — Star Experts Stack Convention’s Animal ID Panel; Top 10 Reasons to Oppose NAIS’ Premises Registration
• 02/8/08 — Cattle Producers Want Absolutely NO COMPROMISE on Proposal to Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock
• 02/7/08 — Space is Limited for 9^th Annual Convention Set to Begin Feb. 20; Sign Up Soon
• 02/4/08 — 8^th Circuit Decision Demonstrates Compelling Need for Congress to Prohibit Packer Ownership of Livestock 
• 01/30/08 — USDA’s “Gelatin Rule” Contradicts Agency’s OTM Rule; Date Set for Preliminary Injunction Hearing
• 01/29/08 — Congress Urged to Take Action After 8^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Unanimous Jury Decision in Boxed Beef Prices Case
• 01/28/08 — Cattle Producers Look Forward to Working with New Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer
• 01/17/08 — Cattle Producers Urge Senate, House Ag Committees to Adopt COOL, Market Competition Reforms
• 01/17/08 — Over $200K Raised to Stop OTM Rule, Auction Yards Play an Instrumental Part
• 01/16/08 — Cattle Producers Applaud American Farm Bureau Federation for Support of Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling
• 01/14/08 — Final Brief Filed in Request for Preliminary Injunction of OTM Rule
• 01/07/08 — Japan’s 34^th BSE Case Reinforces Fact That Canada’s Risk Mitigation Measures Have Serious Shortcomings
• 01/07/08 — 2008 Congressional Priorities for the U.S. Cattle Industry
• 01/03/08 — “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer’s Prosperity – Together”is Theme for Annual Convention in Omaha, Feb. 20 -23