Federal Judge Bars Involuntary Collection of Montana Beef Checkoff Tax
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 22, 2017 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard, 406-252-2516, r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Aidan O’Shea, Public Justice, 202-861-5240, aoshea@publicjustice.net Federal Judge Bars Involuntary Collection of Montana Beef Checkoff […]
United States Farmers File Suit to Require Country-of-Origin Labeling on Meat Products
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 19, 2017 Contact: Aidan O’Shea, Public Justice, aoshea@publicjustice.net, (202) 861-5240 Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA, r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com, (406) 252-2516 Scott Nielsen, Cattle Producers of Washington, rsnielsen@plixtel.com, (509) […]
R-CALF USA to USTR: Make Seven Improvements to NAFTA
Billings, Mont. – In comprehensive comments submitted yesterday to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), R-CALF USA states the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) benefited […]
R-CALF USA Calls Cargill and JBS Bad Actors in Comments Supporting Secretary Perdue’s Competitive Injury Rule
Billings, Mont. – In comments submitted today to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), R-CALF USA accuses the nation’s second- and third-largest beef […]
Dirty Family Secret Is Behind JBS’s $20 Billion Buying Spree by Bloomberg News
Dirty Family Secret Is Behind JBS’s $20 Billion Buying Spree When beef tycoons Joesley and Wesley Batista sat down with Brazilian prosecutors last month and told them all they knew […]
R-CALF USA Seeks U.S. Probe into JBS Corruption Scandal
Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA sent a comprehensive, 11-page request to President Trump, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for a […]
Why and How Mandatory COOL Should Be Reinstated Through the NAFTA Renegotiations
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Congress passed the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) law in 2002 to provide consumers with information as to the origins of their food. However, it was not […]
R-CALF USA to Discuss State of U.S. Cattle Industry in Ohio
Billings, Mont.-The statewide Ohio cattle association, Buckeye Quality Beef Association, will host a public meeting featuring R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard to explain the precarious state of the U.S. cattle […]
R-CALF USA Launches Public Petition to Ban Brazilian Beef Until COOL Is Reinstated
Billings, Mont. – In a public We the People petition launched yesterday and promoted on its Website, Facebook and Twitter pages, R-CALF USA seeks 100,000 signatures during the next 30 days […]