R-CALF USA Convention to Include Surrogate Presidential Candidate Speakers
Billings, Mont. – National cattle trade association R-CALF USA invited representatives from the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton presidential campaigns to address the group’s 17th Annual Convention to be held […]
R-CALF USA: USDA’s Action to Allow Raw Brazilian Beef Imports Is Purely Political and Terribly Reckless
Billings, Mont. – “Today’s announcement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stating he is reopening the U.S. market to raw Brazilian beef and Brazil is reopening its market to U.S. beef […]
Supporters Urge Congress to Take Action and Pass Meaningful Commodity Checkoff Program Reform
Joint News Release Contact: Bill Bullard (406-252-2516) Fred Stokes: (601-527-2459) July 14, 2016 Washington, DC – More than 140 organizations, ranchers, farmers and businesses applaud Senators Booker and Lee for […]
R-CALF USA Requests U.S. Attorney General to Block Mega-Feedlot Merger
Billings, Mont. – In a letter sent yesterday to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, her deputy, and the leadership of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, R-CALF USA requests immediate antitrust […]
USITC Report Predicts Exceedingly Small Benefits for U.S. Beef Packers While Failing to Address Impacts to the U.S. Cattle Supply Chain
Billings, Mont. – Today the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued findings from its investigation into the likely impacts the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement will have on […]
Meatpackers Cite Outdated Studies in Attack Against Senator Grassley’s Ban on Packer Ownership Legislation
According to R-CALF USA, Barry Carpenter, President and CEO of the packers’ largest international trade association, the North American Meat Institute (NAMI), cited outdated studies in his attack against Senator […]
Independent Cattle Ranchers Sue Federal Dept. of Agriculture Over Beef Checkoff Program
Independent Cattle Ranchers Sue Federal Dept. of Agriculture Over Beef Checkoff Program Group Says Ad Campaigns Improperly Use Tax Dollars to Undermine U.S. Beef Billings, MT – The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves R-CALF USA’s Request to Investigate Cattle Price Collapse
Billings, Mont. – In response to R-CALF USA’s January request, the Senate Judiciary Committee last week requested the Comptroller General of the United States to use his agency, the Government […]
R-CALF USA Sends Multiple Requests to Senate Judiciary Committee: Investigate 2015 Cattle Price Collapse
Billings, Mont. – In its highly detailed and well-documented first request to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (Committee), R-CALF USA provides evidence indicating that antitrust and anticompetitive conduct by dominant […]