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R-CALF USA Asks Attorney General Barr to Block Merger Between National Beef Packing Co. and Iowa Premium
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, R-CALF USA sent a formal request to U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr urging him to block the proposed acquisition of Iowa beef packer Iowa Premium by National Beef Packing Company (National Beef),…
State Beef Councils Join R-CALF USA’s Beef Checkoff Lawsuit: An Action that Will Reveal How Producers’ Money is Spent
Billings, Mont. – The District Court for the District of Montana has allowed the Montana Beef Council, Nebraska Beef Council, Pennsylvania Beef Council, Texas Beef Council, and three individuals to join in R-CALF USA’s beef checkoff lawsuit, a request made with R-CALF USA’s consent. The lawsuit was recently expanded to…
R-CALF USA Substantiates Claims the NCBA Calls “Phony”
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In a recent statement, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) took exception to claims made by R-CALF USA regarding its beef checkoff litigation, calling those claims “phony allegations.” R-CALF USA’s CEO Bill Bullard stated in…
Group Urges Trump Administration to Block Sale of National Beef
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com…
Frank Endres – Region XI Director
California, Hawaii, and Nevada I have been an R-CALF member and supporter since 1999. We are second generation farmers here in the foothills west of the Sacramento Valley in northern California. In 1987 we moved our entire farming operation from southern California, 600 miles north, to Tehama County where we…
Former Wall Street Trader and NCBA Officials Behind Smear Campaign Targeting R-CALF USA
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont….
R-CALF USA Presents Urgent Cattle Industry Priorities for New Congress
Billings, Mont. – In a prepared statement presented this week during the 2018 Farm Bill listening session sponsored by Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), R-CALF USA said the need for major changes is urgent if Congress wants to prevent the U.S. cattle industry from going the way of the packer-controlled poultry,…
R-CALF USA Joins with 160 Farm and Food Groups Ask Congress to Reject TPP, Stand Up for Independent Farmers and Ranchers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become a divisive issue in the nation’s capital, and criticism intensified after 161 food, farm, faith and rural organizations sent a letter to Capitol Hill today, urging lawmakers to reject the trade pact. “The main beneficiaries of the TPP are the companies…