USDA Is Pitting America’s Family Ranchers Against Brazil’s $1.2 Billion Subsidies to Its Cattle Industry
For Immediate Release: February 27, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently reported […]
African and Brazilian Beef Imports Are Deliberate Attempt to Destabilize U.S. Cattle Industry
For Immediate Release: February 24, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard said today that the Agriculture Secretary’s opening […]
Ranch Group Seeks Comment Period Extension in USDA’s Undue Preference Rule
For Immediate Release: February 20, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In a formal letter sent today to the Packers and Stockyards Division […]
Ranch Group Seeks Supplemental Order in RFID Case
For Immediate Release: February 19, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, Harriet Hageman, Senior Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, […]
Groups Circulate Petitions to Preserve Animal Identification Options
For Immediate Release: February 18, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com ***Every U.S. cattle producer urged to sign the petition at www.StopMandatoryRFID.com or use links in […]
Court Satisfied that USDA’s RFID Mandate Is Completely Withdrawn
For Immediate Release: February 17, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Last week the Wyoming federal district court dismissed the lawsuit filed in […]
Cattle Producers Inform Court RFID Mandate Is Not Resolved
For Immediate Release: February 10, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Last week the attorney for R-CALF USA and several individual rancher-plaintiffs, who […]
R-CALF USA to Challenge Ruling in Checkoff Case; Ruling Affirms Progress Already Made in Reforming Checkoff
For Immediate Release: January 31, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – On Wednesday, the magistrate judge assigned to R-CALF USA’s lawsuit alleging the […]
Rural America Now Dependent on Congress to Fix USMCA’s Glaring Deficiency
For Immediate Release: January 29, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, President Donald J. Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), describing […]