Federal Judge Agrees with R-CALF USA’s Arguments on Beef Checkoff Being Unconstitutional, Recommends Halting Program
Great Falls, Mont. – A Montana federal judge yesterday released an initial ruling agreeing with R-CALF USA that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Beef Checkoff program violates the First Amendment. […]
R-CALF USA Shares 100-Day Strategy with 1,200 Ranchers in Dakotas
Speaking to about 1,200 ranchers who attended one of six meetings held November 10-15 in the Dakotas, R-CALF USA gained support for a plan it wants President-elect Donald Trump to […]
More Livestock Auction Yards to Host Meetings on Cattle Price Collapse
Billings, Mont. – Two more South Dakota livestock auction yards have joined with the four livestock auction yards in North and South Dakota that previously announced they would be hosting […]
Presidential Candidates Invited To R-CALF USA’s 17th Annual Convention: Trump Sent a Surrogate
Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA’s annual membership conventions have evolved over the past 17 years. Despite overlapping four presidential elections, never before did the group extend invitations to presidential candidates. […]
R-CALF USA Presents Urgent Cattle Industry Priorities for New Congress
Billings, Mont. – In a prepared statement presented this week during the 2018 Farm Bill listening session sponsored by Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), R-CALF USA said the need for major […]
Beef Checkoff Battle Heats Up in Federal Court
Billings, Mont. – A flurry of motions were filed recently in the lawsuit filed by R-CALF USA against the national beef checkoff program (Beef Checkoff). The group’s lawsuit was filed […]
Open Letter to U.S. Cattle Producers
September 2016 Dear Cattle Producing Friend, What does the rest of 2016 have in store for your U.S. cattle industry? The answer is up to us. After 18 years of […]
R-CALF USA: Dominant Meatpackers Are Now Too Big to Regulate
Billings, Mont. – According to R-CALF USA, antitrust and competition enforcement agencies have failed miserably to prevent multinational meatpackers from manipulating cattle prices and controlling the cattle and beef markets, […]
R-CALF USA’s Attorneys Seek Quick End to Beef Checkoff Lawsuit
Billings, Mont. – In response to the government’s August motion to dismiss or stay the lawsuit R-CALF USA filed against the national beef checkoff program (Beef Checkoff) in May, late […]