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		<title>Ranch Group Urges USDA to Reject Zoetis’ Request to Manufacture FMD Vaccine on the Mainland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: September 15, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com &#160; Billings, Mont. – In comments filed yesterday with the United States Department of Agriculture [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-urges-usda-to-reject-zoetis-request-to-manufacture-fmd-vaccine-on-the-mainland/">Ranch Group Urges USDA to Reject Zoetis’ Request to Manufacture FMD Vaccine on the Mainland</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ranch Group Files New Lawsuit Against USDA’s Operation of Beef Checkoff Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: September 14, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Aidan O’Shea Phone: (202) 861-5240; aoshea@publicjustice.net &#160; Billings, Mont. – On Friday, R-CALF USA, through [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-files-new-lawsuit-against-usdas-operation-of-beef-checkoff-program/">Ranch Group Files New Lawsuit Against USDA’s Operation of Beef Checkoff Program</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Cattle Industry Launches Petition Calling for Beef Checkoff Referendum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 21:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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 [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/cattle-industry-launches-petition-calling-for-beef-checkoff-referendum/">Cattle Industry Launches Petition Calling for Beef Checkoff Referendum</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals USDA Is Not Buying RFID Cattle Eartags from American Manufacturers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2020 20:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: July 6, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com &#160; Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA has learned that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted foreign [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/covid-19-pandemic-reveals-usda-is-not-buying-rfid-cattle-eartags-from-american-manufacturers/">COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals USDA Is Not Buying RFID Cattle Eartags from American Manufacturers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ranch Group Welcomes Representative Liz Cheney’s Interstate Shipment of State-Inspected Meat Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Billings, Mont. – Today, Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) introduced the Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2020 (H.R. 7162). House co-sponsors include Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) and Rep. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-welcomes-representative-liz-cheneys-interstate-shipment-of-state-inspected-meat-act/">Ranch Group Welcomes Representative Liz Cheney’s Interstate Shipment of State-Inspected Meat Act</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ranch Group Applauds USDA Effort to Begin Allowing State Inspected Beef Plants to Sell Across State Lines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 19:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: May 20, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com   Billings, Mont. – In mid-March R-CALF USA sent a letter to President Donald J. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-applauds-usda-effort-to-begin-allowing-state-inspected-beef-plants-to-sell-across-state-lines/">Ranch Group Applauds USDA Effort to Begin Allowing State Inspected Beef Plants to Sell Across State Lines</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ranch Group to Calif. Cattlemen: Perdue’s Voluntary COOL Proposal Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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 [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-to-california-cattlemen-perdues-voluntary-cool-proposal-is-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/">Ranch Group to Calif. Cattlemen: Perdue’s Voluntary COOL Proposal Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ranchers: “We Are In a Crisis But No One Is Listening” &#8211; In Wake of Impending Brazilian Beef Imports, Group Delivers Solution to Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 23:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For Immediate Release: March 3, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In response to the late February announcement by the U.S. Department of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-we-are-in-a-crisis-but-no-one-is-listening-in-wake-of-impending-brazilian-beef-imports-group-delivers-solution-to-congress/">Ranchers: “We Are In a Crisis But No One Is Listening” &#8211; In Wake of Impending Brazilian Beef Imports, Group Delivers Solution to Congress</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ranch Group Goes Back to Court with New Information on USDA’s RFID Mandate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 18:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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 [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com/ranch-group-goes-back-to-court-with-new-information-on-usdas-rfid-mandate/">Ranch Group Goes Back to Court with New Information on USDA’s RFID Mandate</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.r-calfusa.com">R-CALF USA</a>.</p>
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