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: R-CALF USA Responds to Sudden Push to Lock-In Captive Supplies at 70%
To: R-CALF USA Members and Affiliates From: CEO Bill Bullard Date: April 16, 2020 Background: There has been a sudden push to convince cattle producers that new congressional legislation should […]
Ranch Group Urges Secretary to Target Hardest Hit Producers
For Immediate Release: April 9, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In a letter sent today to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, R-CALF USA […]
R-CALF USA to Appeal Ruling That Beef Checkoff is Being Operated Constitutionally; Ruling Affirms Progress Has Been Made in Reforming Checkoff
R-CALF USA, through its attorneys, will appeal a recent U.S. District Court ruling that the USDA’s Beef Checkoff, as currently operated, does not violate the First Amendment by compelling independent […]
Ranch Group Files Amended Complaint in RFID Case
For Immediate Release: April 6, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, Harriet Hageman, Senior Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, […]
First Ever National Cattle Group Facebook Live Meeting
For Immediate Release: April 3, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Responding to the unprecedented disconnect between live cattle prices and wholesale […]
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 […]
Ranch Group Goes Back to Court with New Information on USDA’s RFID Mandate
For Immediate Release: March 2, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – On Friday, Harriet Hageman, Senior Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties […]