Ranch Group Grateful for Swift Senate Action to Fix Broken Cattle Markets
For Immediate Release: May 12, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, U.S. Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Jon Tester (D-MT), along […]
Ranch Group Supports Presidential Order to Keep Beef Packers Operating
For Immediate Release: April 30, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Responding to Tuesdays executive order by President Donald J. Trump in which […]
Ranch Group Urges President and Congress to Determine if Packing Industry Should Be Decentralized
In a letter delivered today to President Trump and House and Senate congressional leaders, R-CALF USA states the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the United States’ beef supply chain lacks resiliency and redundancy and urges a review to consider whether a physical and geographical restructuring of the meatpacking industry is required to disaggregate and decentralize beef processing capacity.
Ranch Group’s Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling Petition Gains 250K Signatures in 7 Days
For Immediate Release: April 29, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Launched Thursday morning by R-CALF USA and several of its rancher-members, the […]
Beef, Pork & Dairy Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling Petition Gets 26K Signatures First 30 Hours
For Immediate Release: April 24, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, R-CALF USA along with some of its members launched a petition […]
Action Alert: Update On Crisis In Cattle Industry
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: CEO Bill Bullard Date: April 23, 2020 Background: The most important market for the entire live cattle supply chain is the industry’s fed […]
Action Alert: Imports Are Displacing U.S. Cattle Producers’ Access to American Markets
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: CEO Bill Bullard Date: April 21, 2020 Background: While widespread reports abound of American cattle producers being shut-out of their own markets (including […]
Why Is There an Effort to Undercut R-CALF USA Members’ Critical Market Reform Plan?
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: CEO Bill Bullard Date: April 17, 2020 ***REVISED*** Summary: On behalf of its members, In January 2020 R-CALF USA introduced a comprehensive market […]
Action Alert: R-CALF USA Responds to Sudden Push to Lock-In Captive Supplies at 70%
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: CEO Bill Bullard Date: April 16, 2020 Background: There has been a sudden push to convince cattle producers that new congressional legislation should […]