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R-CALF USA News Release Archive

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2008:

• 08/25/08 -- Op-Ed: Desensitization By R-CALF USA Board President / Region VI Director Max Thornsberry, DVM, MBA 
• 08/21/08 -- CEO Breaks Silence Regarding Director Shake-up; Extends Olive Branch to End Lawsuits Against Former Directors Statement by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard 
• 08/21/08 -- Concerns About Canada’s Latest BSE Case Cause U.S. Cattle Prices to Drop; Mexico Bans Cattle from Alberta
• 08/18/08 -- CFIA BSE Mantra is Absurd in the Extreme; Canada No Longer Tests Herd Mates for Disease 
• 08/11/08 -- USDA Clarifies Livestock Producer Compliance with New COOL Interim Final Rule
• 08/06/08 -- 11,054 Cattle Operations in 30-County Area will be Impacted if U.S. Air Force Expands Powder River Training Complex 
• 08/05/08 -- 6^th Submission to Justice Department Reveals Still More Ways JBS Mergers Would Harm Independent U.S. Cattle Producers, Feeders
• 08/01/08 -- CEO Attends Meeting on U.S. Air Force Plans to Expand Powder River Training Complex; Petition Says Action Would Constitute a Taking of Private Property 
• 07/25/08 -- Judge Partially Halts Critical Feed Use of CRP Land; Permanent Injunction Allows Conditional Haying/Grazing
• 07/23/08 -- Groups Urge Congress to Immediately Halt Any Further Advancement of NAIS; Also Request Oversight Hearing to Investigate NAIS Activities 
• 07/22/08 -- Groups Ask OMB to Keep Spirit, Intent of Congressional Amendments in New COOL Regulations
• 07/21/08 -- U.S. Air Force Plans to Expand Powder River Training Complex; Huge Impact on Cattle Producers in Mont., N. D., S.D., and Wyo.
• 07/18/08 -- Cattle Producers Ask for Congress’ Assistance in CRP Fight
• 07/17/08 -- Common Sense Prevails Over NCBA ‘Free Trade’ Rhetoric; Appropriations Committee Approves FMD Bill 
• 07/17/08 -- NCBA Fighting Against Interests of U.S. Cattle Producers With Campaign to Kill Foot-and-Mouth Disease Bill
• 07/16/08 -- Cattle Producers Pleased with House Leaders’ Introduction of Legislation to Prevent Introduction of FMD
• 07/15/08 -- OIG Confirms Producers’ Concerns: USDA Not Adequately Protecting Borders Against Unauthorized Cattle Imports 
• 07/10/08 -- Cattle Producers Seek Solutions to Judge’s Halt of CRP Grazing
• 07/10/08 -- Cattle Producers Praise Senate Efforts to Prevent Introduction of FMD from Argentina
• 07/03/08 -- Members Win 3rd Injunction Against USDA’s BSE Rules
• 07/02/08 -- Plaintiffs File Supplemental Notice in OTM Case 
• 06/27/08 -- Canada Continues to Detect BSE in Younger Cattle; New Case Makes 14 Animals Indigenous to Canada 
• 06/26/08 -- USDA Urged Yet Again to Reallocate from NAIS Budget Funds to Continue Brucellosis Vaccination, Surveillance
• 06/25/08 -- Family Ranchers, Farmers, Local Food Advocates Criticize Efforts to Tie School Lunch Program to NAIS
• 06/24/08 -- Senate Antitrust Subcommittee to Justice Department: Block Proposed JBS Acquisitions
• 06/24/08 -- Oklahoma-Specific Cattle Industry Information Provided to AG for Review of JBS Merger Consequences 
• 06/19/08 -- Texas Officials Urge Justice Department to Closely Examine Ramifications of JBS Merger
• 06/17/08 -- Op-Ed: Opposition to Clean Water Restoration Act is the Right Decision
• 06/12/08 -- Court Decision Suspends USDA’s Efforts to Establish New Privacy Act System of Records for NAIS 
• 06/11/08 -- Members Modify Policies on NAIS, Animal Identification
• 06/10/08 -- Contributions Top $14,000 at Fort Pierre Livestock Auction Fund-Raiser 
• 06/09/08 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Joins Colleagues to Warn Justice Department That JBS Deal Could Harm Cattle Producers, Consumers 
• 05/29/08 -- JBS Mergers Would Cause Additional Feedlot Integration, Resulting in Direct Harm to Cow/Calf Producers
• 05/27/08 -- North Dakota Attorney General: JBS Acquisitions Will Lessen Competition
• 05/23/08 -- Cattle Producers Appreciate Congressional Override of President’s Farm Bill Veto
• 05/22/08 -- 4 New Private Property Rights Policies Take Effect
• 05/22/08 -- Minnesota Attorney General Applauded for Stance on JBS Acquisitions
• 05/21/08 -- JBS Swift Requires U .S. Feedlots to Waive Rights Under Packers & Stockyards Act
• 05/20/08 -- 99 Percent of Members Vote to Adopt New Marketing Policy
• 05/19/08 -- 99 Percent of Members Approve New Trade Policy
• 05/15/08 -- New Rule on Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting is Improvement, But Upgrades Still Necessary
• 05/15/08 -- Members Approve Policy to Enhance Beef Checkoff
• 05/14/08 -- Members Approve 2 Animal Health Resolutions
• 05/13/08 -- R-CALF USA Defends U.S. Cattle Industry Against JBS Merger
• 05/13/08 -- Coalition to Congress: Vote for the Farm Bill Conference Report
• 05/06/08 -- USA FREE Scholarship Recipients Announced
• 05/05/08 -- Farm Bill Update: No Packer Ban, but Wins and Progress in Other Areas
• 05/05/08 -- CEO to Testify at Hearing Designed to Examine Concentration in Agriculture, Proposed JBS Acquisitions
• 04/30/08 -- State Attorneys General Asked to Investigate Proposed JBS Mergers
• 04/29/08 -- File Your Testimony Against the Clean Water Restoration Act Now!
• 04/29/08 -- Directors Adopt Policy to Oppose Relocation of Plum Island’s Foreign Animal Disease Research Lab
• 04/24/08 -- FDA’s Politically Based Feed Ban Rule Circumvents Scientific Recommendations Imported Cattle Allowed More Favorable Treatment than U.S. Cattle
• 04/23/08 -- USDA Utilizes Doublespeak in NAIS Business Plan; Reality: NAIS Promotes Increased Imports, not Animal Health
• 04/22/08 -- Cattle Producers Reiterate Farm Bill Priorities
• 04/21/08 -- Missouri Attorney General Applauded for Stance on JBS Acquisitions
• 04/15/08 -- Well-Known Angus Breeder, Well-Known Angus Sales Manager Warn U.S. Cattle Industry of Perils if JBS Deals Approved
• 04/10/08 -- Justice Department Urged – Again – to Thoroughly Probe JBS Deal
• 04/08/08 -- Imported Colombian Beef Will Pose Food Safety Issue; House, Senate Urged to Vote Against Trade Deal
• 04/02/08 -- Treasure Valley Livestock Auction Hosts $25,000 Fund-Raiser
• 04/02/08 -- 4^th Straight Year for Lucky 7 Angus to Host Fund-Raiser, Membership Drive
• 04/01/08 -- Cattle Producers Request APHIS to Withdraw Fever Tick Rule
• 03/31/08 -- Future of U.S. Cattle Industry Should Not Be Left to Chance By R-CALF USA Region IX Director George Chambers 
• 03/27/08 -- Bipartisan Group of Representatives to Justice Department:  JBS Deal Could Harm U.S. Cattle Producers
• 03/25/08 -- 73 Groups Urge Justice Department to Consider Blocking JBS Deal
• 03/25/08 -- Data Reveal Huge Cattle and Beef Trade Deficits with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Countries
• 03/18/08 -- Opinion: Beef Packers Likely to Get What They Wished For; By R-CALF USA Region VII Director Eric Nelson
• 03/18/08 -- Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota Cattle Producers, Auction Yards Band Together to Protect the U.S. Cattle Industry  
• 03/12/08 --Cattle Producers to Department of Justice: Block JBS Purchases 
• 03/05/08 -- JBS Purchases Cause Further Beef Industry Concentration; Congress Must Protect Independent Producers Against Oligopoly
• 03/04/08 -- Bipartisan Congressional Momentum Builds to Support Prohibition of Packer Ownership of Livestock 
• 03/04/08 -- Fight NAIS Down to the Last Cowboy: Australia Beef Association
• 02/28/08 -- Cattle Producers Endorse Proposed Traceback Bill 
• 02/27/08 -- Another Livestock Competition Study will be Too Little, Too Late
• 02/27/08 -- 9^th Annual Convention Rejuvenates, Educates Participants
• 02/26/08 -- Canada Continues to Detect BSE in Younger Cattle; New Case Makes 13 Animals Indigenous to Canada 
• 02/13/08 -- NCBA Resorts to Lies in Effort to Thwart Proposed Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock
• 02/12/08 -- Cattle Producers, Get Involved While You Still Can By R-CALF USA Convention Committee Chair Eric Nelson
• 02/11/08 --Opinion: Large Meatpackers are Fighting Against Consumer Interests By R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard
• 02/8/08 -- Star Experts Stack Convention’s Animal ID Panel; Top 10 Reasons to Oppose NAIS’ Premises Registration
• 02/8/08 -- Cattle Producers Want Absolutely NO COMPROMISE on Proposal to Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock
• 02/7/08 -- Space is Limited for 9^th Annual Convention Set to Begin Feb. 20; Sign Up Soon
• 02/4/08 -- 8^th Circuit Decision Demonstrates Compelling Need for Congress to Prohibit Packer Ownership of Livestock 
• 01/30/08 -- USDA’s “Gelatin Rule” Contradicts Agency’s OTM Rule; Date Set for Preliminary Injunction Hearing
• 01/29/08 -- Congress Urged to Take Action After 8^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Unanimous Jury Decision in Boxed Beef Prices Case
• 01/28/08 -- Cattle Producers Look Forward to Working with New Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer
• 01/17/08 -- Cattle Producers Urge Senate, House Ag Committees to Adopt COOL, Market Competition Reforms
• 01/17/08 -- Over $200K Raised to Stop OTM Rule, Auction Yards Play an Instrumental Part
• 01/16/08 -- Cattle Producers Applaud American Farm Bureau Federation for Support of Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling
• 01/14/08 -- Final Brief Filed in Request for Preliminary Injunction of OTM Rule
• 01/07/08 -- Japan’s 34^th BSE Case Reinforces Fact That Canada’s Risk Mitigation Measures Have Serious Shortcomings
• 01/07/08 -- 2008 Congressional Priorities for the U.S. Cattle Industry
• 01/03/08 -- “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer’s Prosperity – Together”is Theme for Annual Convention in Omaha, Feb. 20 -23

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