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R-CALF USA News Release Archives 2007

• 12/19/07 -- A Look Back at Cattle Industry Highlights in 2007, Projections for 2008

• 12/18/07 -- Canada Discovers Yet Another Case of BSE

• 12/17/07 -- Senate Farm Bill Includes Improvements to Livestock Competition

• 12/14/07 -- NCBA, Packers Resort to Alarmist Scare Tactics to Strip Producers of Needed Protections

• 12/06/07 -- South Dakota Auction Yards Raise Over $50K to Stop OTM Rule

• 12/04/07 -- Cattle Producers Thank Senators Who Voted Against Peru Trade Deal

• 12/03/07 -- Peru FTA Detrimental to U.S. Cattle Producers; Senators Should Oppose This Trade Deal

• 11/27/07 -- Post-Hearing Brief on Beef Exports Filed with ITC

• 11/26/07 -- Scholarship Applications Now Available; Deadline Extended to Dec. 31 

• 11/14/07 -- Eric Nelson to Testify on Beef Exports at ITC Hearing Tomorrow

• 11/14/07 --  NCBA’s Queen Flatly Misleads Producers, Public About Proposed Competition Reforms in 2007 Farm Bill

• 11/12/07 -- ‘Cull a Cow for R-CALF’ to Protect Your U.S. Cattle Industry

• 11/09/07 -- Increased Testing of Canadian Meat Doesn’t Go Far Enough

• 11/07/07 -- Regional Meeting in Louisville Only 5 Days Away

• 11/06/07 -- House Urged to Vote Down Peru Free Trade Agreement

• 11/05/07 -- 10 Reasons Preliminary Injunction Against OTM Rule is Justified

• 11/02/07 -- To Protect the Public Interest, Groups File Preliminary Injunction to Stop USDA’s OTM Rule

• 11/02/07 -- U.S. Premium Beef Trying to Kill Livestock Competition Reforms

• 10/29/07 -- 11 Plaintiffs File Complaint to Stop USDA’s Dangerous OTM Rule

• 10/23/07 -- Senate Asked to Place Moratorium on Further Premise Registration Efforts, Defund NAIS

• 10/19/07 -- NCBA Partners with Packers Yet Again to Oppose Market Reforms That Would Benefit Independent Producers

• 10/18/07 -- Op- Ed: Urgent Message to Senate: Don’t Send U.S. Cattle Industry Down Same Path as Poultry, Hog Industries

• 10/15/07 -- Award-Winning Photographer Generously Promotes New Book as Fund-Raiser for Group

• 10/11/07 -- Congress Should Support Resolutions of Disapproval USDA Says 19 to 105 New BSE Cases Could Arrive in U.S. Because of Agency’s OTM Rule That Starts Nov. 19

• 10/4/07 -- Harkin Cheered for Mandating Presidential Commission on Food Safety; Cattle Producers Urge Congress to Rein in USDA

• 10/04/07 -- Bipartisan Group of Senators, Representatives Oppose Opening Canadian Border to OTM Cattle, Beef

• 10/03/07 -- Cattle Producers Request That Senate Ag Committee Include Livestock Title Provisions in 2007 Farm Bill

• 10/02/07 -- Nelson to Interagency Working Group on Import Safety: “Garbage In, Garbage Out”

• 09/27/07 -- Cattle Producers Thank Bipartisan Group of Senators for Support of Country-of-Origin Labeling

• 09/27/07 -- FTAs with Peru, Panama, and Colombia Detrimental to U.S. Food Safety

• 09/24/07 -- Cattle Producers to House Ways and Means Committee: Don’t Implement Peru Free Trade Agreement

• 09/18/07 -- USDA OTM Rule Heightens Disease Risk to U.S. Cattle Herd, U.S. Consumers

• 09/12/07 -- Member Visits Sister Organization in Australia; Describes Aussie Animal ID Program as ‘Orwellian’

• 09/12/07 -- Assistance Given to LU Ranch, Joyce Livestock in Effort to Take Water Rights Battle to Supreme Court

• 09/06/07 --  170+ Groups Request Competition Reforms in 2007 Farm Bill

• 09/06/07 -- Cattle Producers Ask Senate Agriculture Committeeto Include Competition Title in Farm Bill

• 09/05/07 -- Eric Nelson Invited to Testify at ITC Hearing on China

• 09/04/07 --  An Open Letter to the U.S. Cattle Industry, Letter to the Editor by H. Jay Platt R-CALF USA Region IV Director

• 08/29/07 -- Cattle Producers to Review Options After 9^th Circuit Decision

• 08/22/07 -- Fox to Represent Organization at ID-INFO EXPO

• 08/21/07 -- Cattle Producers File COOL Comments Zogby Poll: 90% of Consumers Say COOL Allows Safer Choices

• 08/09/07 -- Canadian Trade Complaints About U.S. COOL Unfounded

• 08/02/07 -- USDA Continues to Jump the Gun on OTM RuleAccording to Evidence in Supplemental Comments 

• 07/31/07 -- Senate Banking Committee Should Support Measure to Address Currency Manipulation in International Trade

• 07/27/07 -- Cattle Producers Believe House Version of Farm Bill Fails to Address Needed Cattle Market Reforms

• 07/26/07 -- Report Suggests Canada May Be Noncompliant with Minimal Risk Rule

• 07/25/07 -- Report Reveals How Pending Free Trade Agreements
  Fuel Unsafe Food Imports

• 07/25/07 -- Cattle Producers Thank House Ag Committee Chairman Peterson, NFU for Inclusion in Country-of-Origin Labeling Negotiations

• 07/20/07 -- COOL Victory: Our Members Made It Happen

• 07/18/07 -- Anti-COOL Amendment Designed to Deceive Consumers;
  Opponents Thumb Their Noses at Consumers Who Want Origin Information

• 07/16/07 --  GIPSA Response to Investigation Request Neglectful and Skewed,
  Shows No Serious Commitment to Enforcement of Packers and Stockyards Act

• 07/12/07 -- CDC Report Confirms R-CALF USA Expert’s Risk Analysis:
  Canadian Cattle Have Significantly Higher BSE Risks Than U.S. Cattle

• 07/11/07 -- NCBA, Meatpackers Join Forces to Derail COOL, Competition Reforms

• 07/09/07 -- CDC Says Prevalence of Canadian BSE 26 Times that of U.S.;
  Oral Argument on Friday Before 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals

• 07/09/07 -- Cubin Leads Bipartisan Effort to Oppose USDA’s OTM Proposal,
  Scolds Agency for Abandoning Domestic Cattle Producers in OIE Decision

• 07/05/07 -- Cattle Industry Scores Major Victory with Death of TPA/Fast Track;
  Praises Pelosi, Hoyer, Rangel and Levin Statement on Trade

• 07/03/07 -- U.S. Cattle Producers Need Competition Title in 2007 Farm Bill to
  Ensure Success in the Cattle Industry

• 07/03/07 -- Cattle Producers Call for Strict Competition Reforms

• 07/02/07 -- Cattle Industry Opposes South Korean FTA Due to USTR, USDA Failures

• 07/02/07 -- 3rd Annual Regional Meeting in Reno Just Days Away

• 06/27/07 -- Membership Strengthens Opposition to Mandatory Animal ID, Premise Registration

• 06/26/07 -- Group Urges Peterson to Keep COOL Separate from Animal Identification

• 06/26/07 -- AMI Masterminds Anti-COOL Campaign

• 06/25/07 -- Q & A: Why Competition Reforms are Needed in the 2007 Farm Bill

• 06/21/07 -- Country-of-Origin Labeling More Important Tool Than Ever for U.S. Consumers

• 06/20/07 -- R-CALF USA and American Meat Institute Discuss Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling

• 06/20/07 -- U.S. Must First Get Its House in Order to Expand Beef Exports

• 06/18/07 -- Cattle Producers Request COOL Meeting with AMI

• 06/13/07 -- Cattle Producers Warn AMI of Formal Complaints with GIPSA if Unauthorized Demands Continue

• 06/08/07 -- Cattle Producers, Consumers See Benefits to COOL; AMI Continues Misrepresentation of COOL Law

• 06/07/07 -- AMI Cries Wolf Over Labeling Reforms

• 06/06/07 -- Oral Argument Slated for July in BSE Litigation

• 06/05/07 -- Cattle Producers Lose a True Champion

• 06/04/07 -- AMI Misleads Congress, Consumers on COOL

• 05/30/07 -- Reported Sale of U.S.-Based Swift & Co. to Brazilian Firm Signifies Need to Immediately Reform Industry Practices

• 05/24/07 -- House Livestock Subcommittee Proceeds Cautiously on Livestock Competition Reforms

• 05/24/07 --  4 Private Property Rights Policies Take Effect

• 05/24/07 -- Congress Blatantly Misled by Meat and Poultry Promotion Coalition

• 05/23/07 -- RTI Study Reveals Packer Noncompliance with PSA, Group Asks GIPSA to Investigate

• 05/22/07 -- 73-Member Coalition Urges House to Allow Interstate Shipment of State-Inspected Beef

• 05/22/07 -- Cattle Producers Criticize USDA-Led Effort to Claim U.S., Canada Have Same BSE Risk

• 05/21/07 -- Cattle Producers Urge Boswell to Include Competition Reforms in Farm Bill Mark-Up

• 05/21/07 -- Coalition Urges Congress to Fund Country-of-Origin Labeling

• 05/17/07 -- Group Announces Staff Changes

• 05/16/07 -- Four Trade Resolutions Become Policy

• 05/15/07 -- Peru, Panama Trade Deals Don’t Address Cattle Industry Concerns 

• 05/14/07 -- South Dakota Auction Markets Association Unanimously Votes to Support R-CALF USA

• 05/11/07 -- Members Approve 2 Animal Health Resolutions

• 05/09/07 -- ‘Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer’ Becomes Official Slogan

• 05/07/07 -- Margene Eiguren Appointed as Region I Director

• 05/04/07 -- Cattle Producers Support Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Competition to the Marketplace

• 05/03/07 -- Cattlemen Support Legislation to Implement COOL Before USDA Continues with OTM Rule

• 05/03/07 -- Canada’s 11^th Native BSE Case Shows USDA Ignoring Real Risks

• 05/02/07 -- Cattle Producers Continue to Urge Peterson to Implement COOL by September 30

• 04/30/07 -- $30,000 Fund-Raiser Shows Support is Alive and Well

• 04/26/07 -- Consumers Deserve COOL More Than Ever USDA Inspection Stamp Doesn’t Indicate Product of Domestic Origin

• 04/18/07 -- Cattlemen Ask Congress to Reform Market Structure

• 04/17/07 -- Group Asks USDA About Adequacy of Bovine Tuberculosis Mitigation Measures

• 04/16/07 -- Tennessee Meeting Garners New Members

• 04/16/07 -- USDA Remiss in Identification of Canadian Cattle Imports

• 04/13/07 -- Group Questions USDA Enforcement Actions

• 04/12/07 -- Director Invited to Testify on Competition Issues at Senate Ag Committee Hearing

• 03/29/07 -- Court Limits Deference of USDA; Creekstone Farms Can Test for BSE

• 03/29/07 -- Cattle Producers Welcome Growing Opposition to USDA’s Proposed OTM Rule

• 03/26/07 -- Bassett Livestock Auction Raises $7,000

• 03/23/07 -- Group Submits Extensive Comments Against USDA’s Proposed OTM Rule

• 03/13/07 -- Weekly Radio Program is Launched

• 03/13/07 -- More than 100 Agricultural Groups, Sale Barns Sign Joint Letter Opposing USDA’s OTM Rule

• 03/07/07 -- USDA Should Withdraw OTM Rule; Canada Confirms BSE-Positive Bull Born in 2000

• 03/06/07 -- USDA Should Withdraw Proposed Rule on Meat Imports from Argentina’s Patagonia South Region

• 03/03/07 -- Serious Flaws in GIPSA’s Latest Livestock and Meat Marketing Study

• 02/28/07 -- ACOL Coalition Reactivated; USDA Can Implement COOL with 7 Simple Steps

• 02/28/07 -- Leaders Field Questions, Address Concerns at Regional Meeting

• 02/28/07 -- Cattle Producers Ask Secretary Johanns to Extend Comment Period on OTM Canadian Cattle Imports

• 02/26/07 -- Co-Founder, Northeastern Membership Chair Tour Ohio, Pennsylvania as Membership Grows

• 02/26/07 -- Producers, Area Businesses Brave the Elements to Raise $8,000 for National Organization

• 02/23/07 -- Cattle Producers Urge Support of Bipartisan Legislation to Enhance Fair, Open Competition in Agricultural Markets

• 02/22/07 -- Co-Founder Leo McDonnell Testifies at Senate Hearing Against OTM Canadian Cattle Imports

• 02/19/07 -- Members ‘Stampede’ into Nation’s Capitol to Discuss Cattle Producer Issues

• 02/13/07 -- 8^th Annual Convention a Huge Success

• 02/12/07 -- Cattle Producers Welcome Senate Intervention in USDA’s Proposed OTM Rule

• 02/09/07 -- Group Names New President

• 02/09/07 -- Latest Alberta BSE Case Leaves Little Doubt:  Canada Has a Problem

• 02/06/07 -- Lemmon Livestock Raises Almost $6,000 for National Organization

• 02/01/07 -- Sorensons Organize Successful Fund-Raiser, Membership Drive

• 01/30/07 -- Checkoff Survey Results Match Group’s Policy Positions

• 01/29/07 -- Group Joins Coalition to Urge Market Competition Reform

• 01/23/07 -- Group Plans 2^nd Stampede into Nation’s Capitol

• 01/12/07 -- First-Ever Private Property Rights Seminar at 2007 Convention

• 01/11/07 -- Southeastern Membership Numbers Almost Double in 2006

• 01/10/07 -- During 59th Anniversary Event, Sheridan Livestock Auction Co. Raises $6,200

• 01/10/07 -- Cattle Producers Express Concern About APHIS’ Proposed Argentina FMD / Rinderpest Rule

• 01/09/07 -- Sidney Fund-Raiser Breaks $6,000

• 01/09/07 -- Contributors Raise More Than $11,000 at Glendive Livestock Exchange

• 01/03/07 -- Cattle Producers File Appeal Brief to Continue Challenge of Rule That Allows Cattle, Beef from BSE-Affected Countries

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