Ranch Group Urges President and Congress to Determine if Packing Industry Should Be Decentralized
In a letter delivered today to President Trump and House and Senate congressional leaders, R-CALF USA states the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the United States’ beef supply chain lacks resiliency and redundancy and urges a review to consider whether a physical and geographical restructuring of the meatpacking industry is required to disaggregate and decentralize beef processing capacity.
Beef, Pork & Dairy Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling Petition Gets 26K Signatures First 30 Hours
For Immediate Release: April 24, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, R-CALF USA along with some of its members launched a petition […]
Action Alert: Update On Crisis In Cattle Industry
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: CEO Bill Bullard Date: April 23, 2020 Background: The most important market for the entire live cattle supply chain is the industry’s fed […]
Action Alert: Imports Are Displacing U.S. Cattle Producers’ Access to American Markets
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: CEO Bill Bullard Date: April 21, 2020 Background: While widespread reports abound of American cattle producers being shut-out of their own markets (including […]
Why Is There an Effort to Undercut R-CALF USA Members’ Critical Market Reform Plan?
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: CEO Bill Bullard Date: April 17, 2020 ***REVISED*** Summary: On behalf of its members, In January 2020 R-CALF USA introduced a comprehensive market […]
Action Alert: Tell Congress Now: Help Farmers and Ranchers Help America.
Background: Amid this COVID-19 crisis, American consumers are scared and panicked. They need assurance that our nation’s family cattle farmers and ranchers can continually provide them the best, safest and […]
Ranch Group to U.S. Senate: We Don’t Want a Bail-out, We Want Our Industry Back
For Immediate Release: March 23, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In a short message sent today to every U.S. Senate office, R-CALF […]
Ranch Group to Alabama Cattlemen: Cattle Industry’s Market Failure Is by Design
For Immediate Release: March 16, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Speaking Friday in Falkville, Alabama, to area cattle producers, R-CALF USA director […]
Ranch Group to Calif. Cattlemen: Perdue’s Voluntary COOL Proposal Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
For Immediate Release: March 9, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Speaking in Red Bluff, California, to a group of 75 northern California […]