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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]