Archive for Checkoff
Oklahoma Ranchers Seek Supreme Court Intervention in State Checkoff Referendum
Media Contacts: Bill Bullard, 406-252-2516, billbullard@r-calfusa.com Angela Huffman, 614-390-7552, ahuffman@competitivemarkets.com OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Today, Oklahoma members of the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and R-CALF USA joined together to file with the Oklahoma Supreme Court an application for original jurisdiction requesting the court enter a declaratory judgement and prohibit the…
Tri-State Livestock News: Vaughn Meyer: Fowl Play Results in Stolen Identity
Vaughn Meyer: Fowl Play Results in Stolen Identity Vaughn Meyer Reva, SD (Vaughn is R-CALF USA’s Checkoff Committee Chair) August 22, 2017 In 2015 U.S. cattlemen were victim to the $20 billion dollar identity theft initiated in large part by that so-called superficial producer/devious packer organization known as NCBA. Many…
Ranch Group Lists Beneficial Impacts from Beef Checkoff Lawsuit
Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In a paper issued today titled “The Montana Checkoff Decision: Beneficial Impacts on Montana Ranchers,” ranch group R-CALF USA explains how the federal district court ruling in its beef checkoff lawsuit empowers Montana Ranchers. The group’s lawsuit centered on…
Federal Judge Agrees with R-CALF USA’s Arguments on Beef Checkoff Being Unconstitutional, Recommends Halting Program
Great Falls, Mont. – A Montana federal judge yesterday released an initial ruling agreeing with R-CALF USA that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Beef Checkoff program violates the First Amendment. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Johnston recommended that the district court halt the transfer of money to the Montana Beef Council,…
Beef Checkoff Battle Heats Up in Federal Court
Billings, Mont. – A flurry of motions were filed recently in the lawsuit filed by R-CALF USA against the national beef checkoff program (Beef Checkoff). The group’s lawsuit was filed May 2 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The initial complaint alleges the government, represented by…
R-CALF USA’s Attorneys Seek Quick End to Beef Checkoff Lawsuit
Billings, Mont. – In response to the government’s August motion to dismiss or stay the lawsuit R-CALF USA filed against the national beef checkoff program (Beef Checkoff) in May, late yesterday R-CALF USA’s attorneys asked the court to award R-CALF USA summary judgment and immediately end the program’s unconstitutional taxation…
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 filing legislation that, when passed, will stop commodity checkoff program abuses. Yesterday, the Senators filed the Commodity Checkoff Program Improvement…
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…
R-CALF USA: NCBA’s New Proposal Fails to Fix the Broken Cattle Tax
R-CALF USA: NCBA’s New Proposal Fails to Fix the Broken Cattle Tax January 20, 2015 Billings, Mont. – Despite the departures of both R-CALF USA and the National Farmers Union from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sanctioned Beef Checkoff Enhancement Working Group, all of the checkoff contractors, led by…