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R-CALF USA In the News R-CALF USA in the News - Click here for independent newspaper, magazine, and radio coverage of R-CALF USA's activities across the nation. R-CALF USA News Releases and Statements *Media: For comments, interviews, and further information, please contact our Communications Coordinator Shae Dodson at 406-672-8969 or sdodson@r-calfusa.com. Billings, Mont. (May 29, 2008) – R-CALF USA has obtained evidence that demonstrates the proposed acquisitions of U.S. Premium Beef’s National Beef Packing Co., the Smithfield Beef Group and Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding would result in direct harm to cow/calf producers, backgrounders and stockers due to a lessening of competition in the feeder cattle market, a market dispersed across all 48 contiguous states. This evidence was submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday.
North Dakota Attorney General: JBS Acquisitions Will Lessen Competition Billings, Mont. (May 27, 2008) – R-CALF USA was pleased to learn that North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has joined several other attorneys general in writing to the U.S. Department of Justice to voice concerns over the proposed JBS acquisitions of National Beef Packing Co., Smithfield Beef Group, and Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding, the largest operator of feedlots in the United States, and how the mergers would “lessen competition to the detriment of many of the groups involved in the industry, including consumers.”
Cattle Producers Appreciate Congressional Override of President’s Farm Bill Veto Billings, Mont. (May 23, 2008) – Independent U.S. cattle producers were pleased to learn that the Senate and the House of Representatives on Thursday voted once again to support U.S. farmers and ranchers by overriding President Bush’s veto of the Farm Bill by a significant margin.
Billings, Mont. (May 22, 2008) – Three new private property rights policies were approved with a 99 percent margin by voting R-CALF USA members and one passed with a 96 percent approval rating. The votes were conducted via mail-in ballot. The R-CALF USA Private Property Rights Committee was established in 2006.
Billings, Mont. (May 22, 2008) – Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has formally requested that the U.S. Department of Justice carefully review the proposed acquisitions by JBS of National Beef Packing Co., Smithfield Beef Group and Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding, and that the Justice Department “take appropriate steps concerning any anticompetitive effects.” JBS Swift Requires U .S. Feedlots to Waive Rights Under Packers & Stockyards Act Billings, Mont. (May 21, 2008) – In late April, JBS Swift began sending a one-year contract to U.S. feedlots regarding conditions for the sale of slaughter-ready cattle to JBS Swift. R-CALF USA believes this contract constitutes a contract of adhesion, as it extracts from producers a waiver of statutory rights in return for nothing more than access to the market. 99 Percent of Members Vote to Adopt New Marketing Policy Billings, Mont. (May 20, 2008) – Ninety-nine percent of voting R-CALF USA members – through utilization of a mail-in ballot – approved a new resolution brought forth from the group’s marketing committee, which becomes organizational policy immediately. 99 Percent of Members Approve New Trade Policy Billings, Mont. (May 19, 2008) – Ninety-nine percent of voting R-CALF USA members – through a mail-in ballot – approved a new trade resolution, which becomes organizational policy immediately.
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Rule on Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting is Improvement, Billings, Mont. (May 15, 2008) – In tomorrow’s Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will publish its final regulation to re-establish and revise the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) program, which becomes effective July 15, 2008. This rule facilitates market information for cattle, swine, sheep, beef and lamb meat. Members Approve Policy to Enhance Beef Checkoff Billings, Mont. (May 15, 2008) – Ninety-five percent of R-CALF USA members – through mail-in ballots – have approved new policy regarding the National Beef Checkoff Program. Members Approve 2 Animal Health Resolutions Billings, Mont. (May 14, 2008) – R-CALF USA members – through mail-in ballots – have approved two resolutions regarding animal health, which become official policy effective immediately.
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