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USDA Proposed Cost Increases on Ranchers

December 26, 2019 admin No comments

Memo: Please listen to this new USDA planned “stab-in-the-back” to livestock producers. This effort by R-CALF, if successful, will save cattle producers billions over the years. The common sense R-CALF presentation to USDA is dead-on. An additional cost-point — today professional livestock producers have some supply of LA 200 and other antibiotics ready for the […]

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R-Calf Radio Broadcast eNews

June 21, 2019 admin No comments

During the Obama administration USA sovereignty was freely distributed to every tin-horn upstart organization world wide – now American Agriculture, the people who feed the world, are paying a price in many directions. This short radio broadcast by CEO of R-CALF, Bill Bullard quickly gives the history, and predicts the future of how the Animal […]

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Animal ID Rule Filed with OMB for Final Review

April 27, 2012 admin 1 comment

Memo ~~ USDA knows 18% of the beef consumed in the USA was imported in 2011 because the nation does not produce enough product to feed it’s people, yet more costly rulemaking is assessed upon producers by bureaucrats. This document is vague and impossible to determine the teeth, however, be assured, the devil is in […]

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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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10 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part X of X-Part Series

December 23, 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 23, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 10 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part X of X-Part Series Billings, Mont. – Today’s news release is the […]

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8 Days (Now 10) of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part IX of X-Part Series

December 22, 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 22, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 8 Days (Now 10) of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part IX of X-Part Series Billings, Mont. – To minimize the […]

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8 Days (Now 10) of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part VIII of X-Part Series

December 21, 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 21, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 8 Days (Now 10) of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part VIII of X-Part Series Billings, Mont. – To minimize the […]

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

December 20, 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 20, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com 8 Days of Opposition to USDA’s Proposed Mandatory Animal Identification Rule: Part VII 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 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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