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Whose Country Is This?

April 3, 2012 admin No comments

Whose Country Is This? by Lee Pitts There’s just something particularly galling about a secretive international tribunal telling a country, any country, what it can and cannot do. That’s especially true when a controversial trade organization tells us that we cannot inform the American consumer where her food came from. According to every survey we’ve […]

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

December 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 December 19, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part VI 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 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 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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The U.S. National Animal Identification System (NAIS) & the U.S. Beef-Cattle Sector: A Post-Mortem Analysis of NAIS

August 31, 2011 admin No comments

The U.S. National Animal Identification System (NAIS) & the U.S. Beef-Cattle Sector: A Post-Mortem Analysis of NAIS Rhonda Skaggs New Mexico State University United States of America 1. Introduction The appearance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States in late 2003 resulted in severe economic impacts to the U.S. livestock sector. U.S. exports […]

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Vilsack Indicates New Traceability Rule Will Help Exports, But Exact Impact Unclear

May 23, 2011 admin No comments

Note:Sec Vilsack knows that 16% of the US 2010 consumed beef was imported. He knows that for the last 21 years the USA has not produced enough beef to feed the nation. Why then, pray tell, does he think it is important to export beef to China, much of which has to be purchased outside […]

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