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		<title>Weekly Address: Ranchers Win First Legal Hurdle in EID lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: October 1, 2025 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses the recent court ruling that [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Disease Traceback Is Just a Pretext to Strip Away Freedoms, Liberties, and Property</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 01:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: May 14, 2025 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   This week’s segment is from the archive, originally released May 7, 2024. Please find [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Long Awaited Review of Beef Checkoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: February 20, 2025 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses the recent invitation by DOGE [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: First 100 Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: January 31, 2025 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com &#160; Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that and discusses the first six reforms [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Let’s Put an End to the EID Mandate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: November 6, 2024 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses R-CALF USA’s lawsuit and separate [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Analogy of the Boiled Frog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: September 19, 2024 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com    Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that announces the upcoming Livestock Producers Freedom [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Update: MCOOL and EID Eartags</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: June 27, 2024 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses two initiatives underway in Washington, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-update-mcool-and-eid-eartags/">Weekly Update: MCOOL and EID Eartags</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weekly Update: Disease Traceback Is Just a Pretext to Strip Away Freedoms, Liberties and Property</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 20:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: May 9, 2024 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses why the EID mandate will [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Update: U.S. Taxpayers Enriching Global Corporations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 21:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: May 2, 2024 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com &#160; Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses how taxpayers are unwittingly supporting [&#8230;]</p>
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