Archive for United States Department of Agriculture
R-CALF USA Asks Court to Reject USDA’s Efforts to Chip Away at the First Amendment in Beef Checkoff Case
For Immediate Release: July 31, 2019 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, R-CALF USA, through its attorneys, filed documents in the federal district court in Montana asking the court to reject the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) argument that it has complete discretion…
Tariffs on Mexican Cattle Will Restore Lost Opportunities for U.S. Cattle Producers
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – According to R-CALF USA, the proposed implementation of a five percent tariff on Mexican imports will benefit U.S. cattle producers. Last year, the R-CALF USA board of directors unanimously called upon President Trump to…
Beef Checkoff Refuses to Spend Producer Dollars on Beef Promotion
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – USDA recently admitted it is keeping Montana producers’ beef checkoff money —a federal tax on cattle producers that must be used to promote beef —from being put to use. For years the National Cattlemen’s Beef…
Trump Administration Wrong to Lift Brazilian Fresh Beef Restrictions
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s recent announcement that he would “expeditiously schedule a technical visit” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a means of…
Why R-CALF USA Trade Charts Differ From CattleFax Trade Charts
Op-ed by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA At the ongoing National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show in New Orleans, CattleFax presented charts purporting to describe the state of the U.S. cattle and beef industries. One chart in particular depicts the U.S. balance of trade for…
Stone County Missouri Farm Bureau Makes Sizable Contribution to R-CALF USA
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Photo of Stone County Farm Bureau Directors Rick Squibb (left) and David Halligan (right) presenting their donation to R-CALF USA. Billings, Mont. – Recognizing R-CALF USA’s ongoing and aggressive fight to improve economic conditions for the nation’s family farmers…
R-CALF USA Tells Regulators Time’s Running Out to Protect Cattle Markets from Antitrust Takeover
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Madison, Wisc. – At the competition roundtable held Friday at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard told experts in antitrust and regulation that time is running out to stop multinational beef packers…
Trump Administration Misses Huge Opportunity to Strengthen America’s Cattle Industry in New U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following initial statement regarding President Trump’s announcement that he has renegotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and achieved a new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. “We…
R-CALF USA Endorses House Bill that Places a Moratorium on Agriculture Industry Mega-Mergers and Acquisitions
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement regarding today’s introduction of The Food and Agribusiness Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018 by Reps Mark Pocan (D-WI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH),…