Archive for News Releases
Groups Support Moratorium on Ag Mergers Bill
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA and 80 other organizations have endorsed S.3404, The Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018 (the Act), introduced today in Congress by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). The Act would…
Trump Administration Hasn’t Said if New U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement Requires COOL
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s announcement that he has renegotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in part by negotiating a new trade agreement between…
Group Submits Option for Properly Labeling USA Beef
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard, Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – On Friday, R-CALF USA submitted written comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regarding the petition seeking a change to FSIS’ guidance policy that currently allows any beef…
Group Responds to Latest Round of Fake News by Drovers
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – The below statement can be attributed to R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard: “Drovers, through editor Greg Henderson, has now demonstrated it can print fake news with the worst of them. In his Aug. 14, 2018 opinion,…
Independent Ranchers Seek Injunction of Beef Checkoff Funds in Thirteen More States
For immediate release: Contact: David Muraskin, Public Justice – dmuraskin@publicjustice.net, (202) 861-5245; or Bill Bullard, R-CALF, r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com, (406) 252-2516 Checkoff programs in Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin would be barred from unconstitutionally collecting funds that subsidize corporate…
Coalition for a Prosperous America Joins Effort to Reinstate COOL
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA, a board member of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), is reissuing the CPA’s news release below. R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard says the call to reinstate COOL for beef and pork…
Group Prepares for 19th Annual Convention in Rapid City; COOL, Protecting American Ranch Families and U.S. Cattle Markets to be Highlights
For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – National cattle trade association R-CALF USA prepares for its upcoming 19th Annual Convention to be held Aug. 24-25, 2018, at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota. This year’s convention theme is “Against All…
SCOTUS Nominee Upheld Mandatory COOL for Beef
For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, President Trump announced his nominee to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In…
R-CALF USA Thankful for Presidential Pardons for Oregon Ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond
For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s Grant of Executive Clemency for Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond, father and son, respectively. “We are thankful for President Trump’s pardon…