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		<title>Addressing Consumer Beef Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: May 13, 2026 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 our cattle and sheep industries have [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Part IV: The State of America’s Beef Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: March 23, 2026 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 the reforms needed to reconnect [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-address-part-iv-the-state-of-americas-beef-industry/">Weekly Address: Part IV: The State of America’s Beef Industry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Part III: The State of America’s Beef Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: March 13, 2026 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 cattle and beef markets [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-address-part-iii-the-state-of-americas-beef-industry/">Weekly Address: Part III: The State of America’s Beef Industry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Part II: The State of America’s Beef Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: March 6, 2026 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 the concentrated beef packers [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-address-part-ii-the-state-of-americas-beef-industry/">Weekly Address: Part II: The State of America’s Beef Industry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Replacing Monopoly Power with Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard February 19, 2026 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that explains how the non-disclosure of origin [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-address-replacing-monopoly-power-with-competition/">Weekly Address: Replacing Monopoly Power with Competition</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Where Is the Beef Dollar Going?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 01:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: December 18, 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 discusses the changes that have occurred [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-address-where-is-the-beef-dollar-going/">Weekly Address: Where Is the Beef Dollar Going?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Thrive or Just Survive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: November 6, 2025 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com &#160; This week&#8217;s segment is from the archive, originally released April 30, 2025. Please find [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Why Is Herd Shrinking Amid Record Beef Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: October 16, 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 discusses the recent suggestion by JBS [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-address-why-is-herd-shrinking-amid-record-beef-prices/">Weekly Address: Why Is Herd Shrinking Amid Record Beef Prices</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weekly Address: Time to Reengineer U.S. Beef Tariff Rate Quotas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: October 7, 2025 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   This segment was first issued for radio on Sept. 23, 2025. Please find below [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/weekly-address-time-to-reengineer-u-s-beef-trqs-2/">Weekly Address: Time to Reengineer U.S. Beef Tariff Rate Quotas</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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