R-CALF USA
Stone County Missouri Farm Bureau Makes Sizable Contribution to R-CALF USA
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Photo of Stone County Farm Bureau Directors Rick Squibb (left) and David Halligan (right) presenting their donation to R-CALF USA. Billings, Mont. – Recognizing R-CALF USA’s ongoing and aggressive fight to improve economic conditions for the nation’s family farmers…
R-CALF USA to ITC: The Proposed USMCA Will Substantially Harm U.S. Cattle Producers
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA filed its final submissions to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), culminating the group’s efforts to ensure the ITC’s upcoming report to the President and Congress will accurately describe the likely impacts…
R-CALF USA Tells Regulators Time’s Running Out to Protect Cattle Markets from Antitrust Takeover
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Madison, Wisc. – At the competition roundtable held Friday at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard told experts in antitrust and regulation that time is running out to stop multinational beef packers…
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…
Federal Court Grants R-CALF USA’s Motion to Expand Its Beef Checkoff Case to at Least 13 More States
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, the federal district court in Montana granted R-CALF USA’s motion to expand its beef checkoff program lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to include at least 13 states in addition to Montana….
Opinion-Editorial by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard
Below please find an op-ed by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard. It is a response to Drovers Editor Greg Henderson’s October 12, 2018 article titled “Contentious Battle Continues Over the Beef Checkoff.” Flame Fanning and Other Useless Deflections Op-ed by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA Despite…
R-CALF USA to USTR: Stop Catering to Big Agribusiness; Meeting Requested
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 letter to U.S. Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer stating that while the group fully supports the Trump Administration’s goals to put America first by buying and hiring American, ending unfair competition,…
Trump Administration Misses Huge Opportunity to Strengthen America’s Cattle Industry in New U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following initial statement regarding President Trump’s announcement that he has renegotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and achieved a new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. “We…