Farmers and Ranchers Call for Checkoff Reform in Defiance of Industry Pressure on Congress
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2023 Media Contacts: Dee Laninga, dlaninga@farmactionfund.us, 202-450-0094 Bill Bullard, r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com, 406-252-2516 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today 61 signing organizations sent a letter to the […]
Op-Ed: Baffling Argument by an OFF Act Opponent
For Immediate Release: May 1, 2023 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Below please find an op-ed by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard regarding the Nevil Speer Opinion: Speer: The OFF Boondoggle, published […]
Weekly Commentary: Too Big to Fix?
For Immediate Release: April 13, 2023 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 explains how Congress has been held […]
131 Farm and Food Groups Call for Checkoff Reform in the 2023 Farm Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2023 Media Contacts: Dee Laninga, dlaninga@farmactionfund.us, 202-450-0094 Bill Bullard, r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com, 406-252-2516 The OFF Act Would Restore Integrity and Transparency to an Out-of-Control Government […]
Ranch Group Praises Bipartisan, Bicameral Reintroduction of Checkoff Reform Legislation
For Immediate Release: February 28, 2023 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) Rand Paul (R-Ky.), […]
Weekly Commentary: Poof! There Goes Your Liberty
For Immediate Release: January 18, 2023 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that describes a new development involving a checkoff program that is encouraging producers […]
Statement on End of First of Two Beef Checkoff Cases
For Immediate Release: June 28, 2022 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied R-CALF USA’s petition requesting […]
Ranch Group Applauds Senate Reintroduction of OFF Act
For Immediate Release: October 5, 2021 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Checkoff Chair Vaughn Meyer Phone: 605-430-4372; sdangus@sdplains.com Billings, Mont. – Last week a bipartisan […]
National Beef Checkoff Petition Drive Extended Through October 3
For Immediate Release: August 3, 2021 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In a letter sent today, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack granted […]