Archive for United States Department of Agriculture
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 press release below.*** Billings, Mont. – In the wake of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) failed effort to prohibit…
Cattle Producers Inform Court RFID Mandate Is Not Resolved
For Immediate Release: February 10, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Last week the attorney for R-CALF USA and several individual rancher-plaintiffs, who alleged in October that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) violated…
New Rule Reveals Why Congress and President Favor Importers and Ignore U.S. Ranchers
For Immediate Release: January 2, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard; Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – On December 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a proposed rule to reapportion the Beef Checkoff Program’s Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB). The proposed rule reveals that importers control…
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…