R-CALF USA Convention Goers Reaffirm Support for Mandatory COOL and Tackle...
Billings, Mont. – At their 16th annual convention and membership meeting held in Denver, Colo., last week, R-CALF USA members tackled several tough issues facing their U.S. cattle and sheep industries....
View ArticleSpeakers Deliver during R-CALF USA’s 16th Annual Convention
Billings, MT – R-CALF USA’s two-day convention in Denver, Colo. was jumpstarted by Angus McIntosh, Ph.D., who has served as an expert witness in nationally renowned private property rights lawsuits....
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons Independent U.S. Cattle Producers Support Mandatory COOL
Billings, Mont. – Detractors of the United States’ country of origin labeling (COOL) law are reenergized as a result of a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that determined that COOL violates...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Urges Updates to Price Reporting Act
Billings, Mont. – Yesterday, R-CALF USA submitted a white paper to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Committee) urging them to update...
View Article30-State Salmonella Outbreak from Mexican Cucumbers Heightens Need for...
Billings, Mont. – In the wake of a 30-state outbreak of Salmonella infections caused by tainted cucumbers imported from Mexico, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is holding a hearing today and...
View ArticleCattle Producers Stand with Manufacturers and Workers to Oppose TPP
Cattle Producers Stand with Manufacturers and Workers to Oppose TPP Billings, Mont. – Recently, R-CALF USA helped formulate a 13-point trade strategy for any future trade agreement the United States...
View ArticleR-CALF USA: Time for Ag Groups to Stand Up for U.S. Producers by Preserving...
Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s letter from international and national dairy industry organizations and a corresponding statement...
View ArticlePresident Obama Urged to Persuade New Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau to...
Billings, Mont. – In a letter sent today to President Barack Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and U.S. Trade Ambassador Michael Froman, R-CALF USA stated the U.S. has a new and unique...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Says TPP Will Worsen Cattle and Sheep Price Volatility
Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued this statement following the Administration’s release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement: “The TPP will continue to drive...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Testifies that Free Trade Agreements Harm U.S. Cattle, Sheep...
Washington, D.C. – In testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard stated the impacts of the Uruguay Round Agreements and the free trade agreements...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Submits Comments Opposing Importing Beef from Namibia
Billings, Mont. – This week R-CALF USA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regarding the agency’s proposed rule, Eligibility of...
View ArticleR-CALF USA to President, Congress: Capitulating to the WTO on COOL will...
In a letter sent today to President Barack Obama and Senate agriculture committee leaders, R-CALF USA provided a plan forward for the U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law. On Monday,...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Statement on WTO COOL Ruling
R-CALF USA Statement on WTO COOL Ruling Correction: The WTO award for Canada was in Canadian dollars. The statement below has been corrected by converting Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars. Billings,...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Appeals to Presidential Frontrunners to Defend Mandatory COOL
Billings, Mont. – In what R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard acknowledges is a Hail Mary effort to preserve mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL), today the group overnighted letters to Donald Trump and...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Says Congress Forsakes Consumers and Producers in COOL Repeal
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement in response to Congress’ inclusion of language in the must-pass omnibus spending bill that would repeal country-of- origin labeling (COOL) for...
View ArticleA Dilatory Congress and Indifferent Executive Branch Strip Citizens of their...
Billings, Mont. – Although their deadline for completing and passing the nation’s fiscal year 2016 spending bill expired 79 days ago, today both houses of Congress cheered as the President signed their...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Requests Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation into 2015 Cattle...
Billings, Mont. – In a formal request sent today to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Committee), R-CALF USA seeks an investigation into potential antitrust and anticompetitive conduct in the...
View ArticleR-CALF USA: BLM Exceeded Its Authority When It Approved American Prairie...
Billings, Mont. – In a formal protest submitted yesterday to the Malta, Montana, field office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), R-CALF USA asserts the agency overstepped its authority. On...
View ArticleR-CALF USA to USITC: TPP Will Harm U.S. Cattle and Sheep Producers
Washington, D.C. – In testimony presented today to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), R-CALF USA urged the commission to recommend the rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
View ArticleR-CALF USA Urges Nebraska Senators to Defend Livestock Market Competition
Billings, Mont.– In a letter sent yesterday to Nebraska’s unicameral senators, R-CALF USA urged the defeat of a bill that would weaken the state’s Competitive Livestock Markets Act. Nebraska’s...
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