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 […]
National Checkoff Petition Drive Nearing Deadline
For Immediate Release: June 24, 2021 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Led by the South Dakota Livestock Auction Markets Association and Steve […]
Over 130 State Legislators Call for a Producer Referendum of the National Beef Checkoff Program
For Immediate Release: May 17, 2021 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com ***Revised 5.18.2021*** Billings, Mont. – Today 131 state-elected legislators from 11 states joined the […]
National Beef Checkoff Petition Committee Seeks Assistance from Beef Checkoff Board and USDA
For Immediate Release: May 4, 2021 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Leaders of the National Beef Checkoff Petition Committee sent a letter […]
Court in Beef Checkoff Case Grants R-CALF USA’s Motion for Over $150K in Attorney Fees and Costs
For Immediate Release: February 10, 2021 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, a U.S. district court in Montana granted R-CALF USA’s motion for […]
Ranch Group Files New Lawsuit Against USDA’s Operation of Beef Checkoff Program
For Immediate Release: September 14, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Aidan O’Shea Phone: (202) 861-5240; aoshea@publicjustice.net Billings, Mont. – On Friday, R-CALF USA, through […]
Cattle Industry Launches Petition Calling for Beef Checkoff Referendum
For Immediate Release: July 7, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – To celebrate their independence, several individual ranchers and farm and ranch […]
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 […]