Archive for News Releases
R-CALF USA Statement on Renewed Beef Access to China
Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement following the Financial Times report that President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping reached an agreement over the weekend to allow U.S. beef into China. “While we welcome the news that China intends to reopen its market…
Groups Ask President to Shut Down USDA’s Animal ID Road Tour
Joint News Release Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, R-CALF USA, South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, and Western Organization of Resource Councils For Immediate Release: April 7, 2017 Contacts: Judith McGeary, FRFA: 512-484-8821 Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA: 406-670-8157 Silvia Christen, SDSGA: 605-342-0429 Rachel Zatterstrom, WORC: 970-409-9820 Billings, Mont. – In a joint…
Colorado Democrats Defeat Effort to Reinstate COOL
Denver, Colo. – Yesterday, the Democratic leadership of the Colorado General Assembly’s House Agriculture, Livestock & Natural Resources Committee, Chair Jeni James Arndt and Vice-chair Diane Mitsch Bush, led the defeat of a measure that would have informed Colorado consumers of the origins of beef they purchase for themselves and…
Colorado Legislature May Save COOL
Billings, Mont. – On Monday at 1:30 p.m. MDT, cattle ranchers and consumers will be focused on the Colorado General Assembly’s House Agriculture, Livestock & Natural Resources Committee as it considers reinstating country of origin information on the beef that Coloradans purchase at retail stores for themselves and their families….
R-CALF USA Praises Bipartisan Beef Checkoff Reform Legislation
Billings, Mont. – Today, bipartisan legislation was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate to reform the most prominent government subsidy program in the U.S. cattle industry – the national beef checkoff program, which generates about $80 million annually from government-mandated producer assessments that many cattle producers refer to as “the…
Cattle Groups Support a Sonny Perdue and Charles Herbster USDA Team
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release: March 2, 2017 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Cattle Groups Support a Sonny Perdue and Charles Herbster USDA Team Billings, Mont. – In a joint letter sent today to President Donald…
Group Launches “COOLin100” Campaign
Billings, Mont. One of the staunchest supporters of mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for beef, R-CALF USA, is launching a new campaign called “COOLin100.” The campaign calls on the new Trump Administration and new Congress to reinstate COOL for beef and pork during the Trump Administration’s first 100 days…
Group Responds to Beef Industry Publication Challenge
Billings, Mont. – The below statement can be attributed to R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard: “R-CALF USA is pleased that Drovers’ editorial director, Greg Henderson, has challenged R-CALF USA in his recent editorial, “The Front Gate: Tilting at Windmills.” “The best way critical-thinking readers can learn who best represents their…
R-CALF USA: GIPSA Rules Will Help Reverse Cattle Industry Decline
Billings, Mont. – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) proposed a set of rules to implement key provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (PSA). The Fair Practices Rules, previously known as the GIPSA rules, are intended to facilitate competition…