Ranch Group Appreciates the Introduction of New Legislation to Address Dysfunctional Cattle Markets
For Immediate Release: September 22, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) introduced the Cattle Market Transparency Act […]
Ranch Group Urges USDA to Reject Zoetis’ Request to Manufacture FMD Vaccine on the Mainland
For Immediate Release: September 15, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In comments filed yesterday with the United States Department of Agriculture […]
Ranch Group Files New Lawsuit Against USDA’s Operation of Beef Checkoff Program
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 Billings, Mont. – On Friday, R-CALF USA, through […]
Unpublished USDA Report: 40% Cash Volume Depressed Cattle Prices More Than $33 Per Head
For Immediate Release: July 21, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In an unpublished 2014 investigative report by the Packers and Stockyards […]
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 […]
Ranch Group: NCBA’s Claim of Low Import Volumes Contradicted by USDA Study
For Immediate Release: May 22, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – In response to President Donald J. Trump’s suggestion on Tuesday that […]
Ranch Group Applauds USDA Effort to Begin Allowing State Inspected Beef Plants to Sell Across State Lines
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. […]
Ranch Group Files Amended Complaint in RFID Case
For Immediate Release: April 6, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – Today, Harriet Hageman, Senior Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, […]