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8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part V of VIII-Part Series

December 18, 2011 admin No comments

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the U.S. ! Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard December 18, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part V of VIII-Part Series Billings, Mont. – As promised, R-CALF USA has […]

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8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part IV of VIII-Part Series

December 17, 2011 admin No comments

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the U.S. ! Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard December 17, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part IV of VIII-Part Series Billings, Mont. – As promised, R-CALF USA has […]

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8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part III of VIII-Part Series

December 16, 2011 admin No comments

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the U.S. ! Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard December 16, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part III of VIII-Part Series Billings, Mont. – As promised, R-CALF USA has […]

8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part II of VIII-Part Series

December 15, 2011 admin No comments

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the U.S. ! Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard December 15, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part II of VIII-Part Series Billings, Mont. – As promised, R-CALF USA has launched an 8-day […]

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R-CALF USA’s Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part I of VIII-Part Series

December 15, 2011 admin No comments

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard December 14, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com R-CALF USA’s Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part I of VIII-Part Series Billings, Mont. – As promised, R-CALF USA today launches an 8-day […]

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USDA Spurns U.S. Cattle Industry: Issues Overreaching, Intrusive Mandatory Animal Identification Rule

August 19, 2011 admin No comments

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard August 9, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com USDA Spurns U.S. Cattle Industry: Issues Overreaching, Intrusive Mandatory Animal Identification Rule Billings, Mont. — In direct defiance of fundamental recommendations to preserve branding as a means of official […]

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USDA and Corporate Agribusiness Continue to Push Animal ID Scheme

June 23, 2011 admin No comments

USDA and Corporate Agribusiness Continue to Push Animal ID Scheme Consumers and Independent Producers Lose if Big Ag Wins on Animal Traceability Source: The Cornucopia Institute, Mark Kastel – June 21, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to issue its new proposed rule for mandatory animal traceability very shortly. […]

USDA wanting to end Fire Branding as means of I

March 23, 2011 admin No comments

USDA wanting to end Fire Branding as means of ID We should have known this would happen! Now USDA is planning to de list the hot-iron brand from the list of “official animal identification devices.” As all cattle producers know, the hot iron ID and holding brand system is the basis of historic permanent ID. […]

Group Praises USDA for Decision to Abandon NAIS

February 8, 2010 admin No comments

For Immediate Release February 8, 2010Contact: Shae Dodson-Chambers, Communications Coordinator Phone: 406-672-8969; e-mail: sdodson@r-calfusa.com Group Praises USDA for Decision to Abandon NAIS Washington, D.C. — In a letter sent Friday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, R-CALF USA President/Region VI Director Max Thornsberry, a Missouri veterinarian, thanked the United States’ top agriculture official for his “receptiveness […]

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Congress allocates less for National Animal ID

October 4, 2009 admin No comments

by George Lauby (North Platte Bulletin) – 10/4/2009 A conference committee in Congress has decided to fund the controversial National Animal Identification System for another year to the tune of $5.3 million. That will be a significant reduction from previous years, but does not placate opponents of the still floundering, five-year-old program. “We’re disappointed with […]

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