Archive for Member Alerts
R-CALF USA Wins First Round In Beef Checkoff Case
R-CALF USA Member/Affiliate Notice To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: Bill Bullard Date: December 12, 2016 Subject: R-CALF USA Wins First Round In Beef Checkoff Case Status: On May 2, 2016, R-CALF USA filed a lawsuit against the national beef checkoff program. The lawsuit alleges it is…
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 herd liquidation that started in 1996, cattle inventories fell to a 73-year low while over 171,000 beef cattle producers and…
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 Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today, alleging that…
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 Accountability Office (GAO), to initiate an investigation into the 2015 cattle price collapse. In a letter signed by the chairman…
R-CALF USA Urges Nebraska Senators to Defend Livestock Market Competition
Billings, Mont.– In a letter sent yesterday to Nebraska’s unicameral senators, R-CALF USA urged the defeat of a bill that would weaken the state’s Competitive Livestock Markets Act. Nebraska’s legislative bill, LB 176, would allow Chinese-owned Smithfield Farms and other vertically integrated corporate hog processors to begin owning, controlling and…
Member Alert: Calls Needed to Stop Congress from Granting Fast-Track Authority to the President
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: Bill Bullard Date: January 19, 2015 Subject: Calls Needed to Stop Congress from Granting Fast-Track Authority to the President Background: Beginning this week President Obama will marshal his Cabinet members to pressure members of Congress to vote in favor of Fast-Track…