R-CALF USA: GIPSA Rules Will Help Reverse Cattle Industry Decline
Billings, Mont. – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) proposed a set of rules to implement key provisions of the Packers and […]
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 […]
More Livestock Auction Yards to Host Meetings on Cattle Price Collapse
Billings, Mont. – Two more South Dakota livestock auction yards have joined with the four livestock auction yards in North and South Dakota that previously announced they would be hosting […]
Presidential Candidates Invited To R-CALF USA’s 17th Annual Convention: Trump Sent a Surrogate
Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA’s annual membership conventions have evolved over the past 17 years. Despite overlapping four presidential elections, never before did the group extend invitations to presidential candidates. […]
Livestock Auction Yards to Explore Causes, Solutions to Cattle Price Collapse
Billings, Mont. – In the wake of falling cattle prices, which have fallen farther and faster than in any time in history, livestock auction yards in central and eastern South […]
Beef Checkoff Battle Heats Up in Federal Court
Billings, Mont. – A flurry of motions were filed recently in the lawsuit filed by R-CALF USA against the national beef checkoff program (Beef Checkoff). The group’s lawsuit was filed […]
R-CALF USA’s Attorneys Seek Quick End to Beef Checkoff Lawsuit
Billings, Mont. – In response to the government’s August motion to dismiss or stay the lawsuit R-CALF USA filed against the national beef checkoff program (Beef Checkoff) in May, late […]
R-CALF USA Requests U.S. Attorney General to Block Mega-Feedlot Merger
Billings, Mont. – In a letter sent yesterday to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, her deputy, and the leadership of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, R-CALF USA requests immediate antitrust […]
USITC Report Predicts Exceedingly Small Benefits for U.S. Beef Packers While Failing to Address Impacts to the U.S. Cattle Supply Chain
Billings, Mont. – Today the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued findings from its investigation into the likely impacts the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement will have on […]