Cattle Industry Launches Petition Calling for Beef Checkoff Referendum

For Immediate Release: July 7, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – To celebrate their independence, several individual ranchers and farm and ranch […]
COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals USDA Is Not Buying RFID Cattle Eartags from American Manufacturers

For Immediate Release: July 6, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA has learned that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted foreign […]
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 […]
New Website Aims to Connect Americans to Nearest Cattle Producers for Beef

For Immediate Release: March 24, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In the wake of reports that beef cases in grocery stores are […]
R-CALF USA to Trump: Crisis Requires Stopgap, Permanent Measures to Avert Industry Collapse

For Immediate Release: March 18, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA sent President Trump an emergency letter describing the catastrophic […]
USDA Is Pitting America’s Family Ranchers Against Brazil’s $1.2 Billion Subsidies to Its Cattle Industry

For Immediate Release: February 27, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently reported […]
Ranch Group Seeks Comment Period Extension in USDA’s Undue Preference Rule

For Immediate Release: February 20, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In a formal letter sent today to the Packers and Stockyards Division […]
Ranch Group Seeks Supplemental Order in RFID Case

For Immediate Release: February 19, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, Harriet Hageman, Senior Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, […]
Groups Circulate Petitions to Preserve Animal Identification Options

For Immediate Release: February 18, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com ***Every U.S. cattle producer urged to sign the petition at www.StopMandatoryRFID.com or use links in […]