R-CALF USA to Testify at USTR NAFTA Hearing
For Immediate Release: June 26, 2017 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com “The most important modernization that the USTR can make to NAFTA . . . is […]
United States Farmers File Suit to Require Country-of-Origin Labeling on Meat Products
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 19, 2017 Contact: Aidan O’Shea, Public Justice, aoshea@publicjustice.net, (202) 861-5240 Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA, r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com, (406) 252-2516 Scott Nielsen, Cattle Producers of Washington, rsnielsen@plixtel.com, (509) […]
R-CALF USA to USTR: Make Seven Improvements to NAFTA
Billings, Mont. – In comprehensive comments submitted yesterday to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), R-CALF USA states the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) benefited […]
Why and How Mandatory COOL Should Be Reinstated Through the NAFTA Renegotiations
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Congress passed the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) law in 2002 to provide consumers with information as to the origins of their food. However, it was not […]
Colorado Legislature May Save COOL
Billings, Mont. – On Monday at 1:30 p.m. MDT, cattle ranchers and consumers will be focused on the Colorado General Assembly’s House Agriculture, Livestock & Natural Resources Committee as it […]
R-CALF USA Shares 100-Day Strategy with 1,200 Ranchers in Dakotas
Speaking to about 1,200 ranchers who attended one of six meetings held November 10-15 in the Dakotas, R-CALF USA gained support for a plan it wants President-elect Donald Trump to […]
Over 200 Groups Urge Congress to Continue Supporting COOL
December 2, 2014 Billings, Mont. – Today 207 groups representing a broad segment of the U.S. economy, including farm, ranch, consumer and manufacturing groups, joined in a letter that urges […]
International COOL Ruling Runs Afoul of U.S. Court Decisions
October 20, 2014 Billings, Mont. – The much anticipated ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding whether country of origin labeling (COOL) passes muster with the international tribunal was […]
Producer-Paid Checkoffs Help Meatpacking Lobby Sustain COOL Fight
September 15, 2014 Billings, Mont. – On Friday the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), the American Meat Institute (AMI) and other foreign and domestic meatpacking […]