Weekly Roundup with R-CALF USA
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (4 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 1/2/09
R-CALF USA Region IV Director Jay Platt on Packer
Concentration, Trade and NAIS
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (3 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 12/19/08
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard on Competition, Trade and COOL
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (3 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 12/12/08
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Presents the Facts Surrounding
EPA's So-Called Cow and Pig Tax
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (3 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 12/05/08
R-CALF USA Co-Founder Kathleen Kelley "The Fight has Just
Begun"
No Weekly Roundup with R-CALF USA - Have a Happy
Thanksgiving!
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (5 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 11/21/08
Paragon Foundation Executive Director G.B. Oliver on the
Importance of R-CALF USA and Staying in the Fight
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (1 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 11/14/08
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA Needs Your Help to
Fight the JBS Merger
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (3 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 11/7/08
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard on COOL, Consumers Demanding USA
Beef
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (3 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 10/31/08
R-CALF
USA CEO Bill Bullard on NCBA, AFBF and Arkansas Beef Council Regarding Their
Comments on DOJ Lawsuit/JBS/National Beef
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (3 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 10/24/08
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard on the Department of Justice and
State Attorneys General's Suit Against JBS, Regarding National Beef
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (3 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 10/17/08
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard on U.S. Financial Crisis and
Proposed JBS Mergers
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (3 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 10/10/08
R-CALF USA Marketing Committee Chair Dennis Thornsberry on
the Proposed JBS Mergers, Work with State Attorneys General and the Justice
Department
Weekly
Roundup with R-CALF USA (4 MB) - Run time: 3:00 - 10/03/08
R-CALF USA Region IV Director Jay Platt on NAIS Scare
Tactics, Trade and Packer Concentration
Weekly Roundup with
R-CALF USA Archives
Audio Clips
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R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard on the Additional State Attorneys General Joining
the Department of Justice in the JBS Lawsuit (700K) Cattlemen's Corner -
November 12, 2008
R-CALF
USA CEO Bill Bullard Discussing COOL, Easterday, the J-List and JBS KSIR -
November 10, 2008
OCM Supports R-CALFs Plan on Financial Crisis
WNAX Ag Radio
Wednesday October 15, 2008
Antitrust Action Taken
A Weekly
Update From Your Friends at the Red River Farm Network -
Monday, October 27, 2008
R-CALF
Pleased with DOJ Action
Audio with R-CALF
USA CEO Bill Bullard.
NAFB
Interview by NAFB D.C. Correspondent
Stewart Doan Monday October 20, 2008
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard speaking on COOL and the JBS Merger Derry
Brownfield Show - Run time: 37:00 - 09/19/2008
R-CALF USA Marketing Committee Chair Dennis Thornsberry speaking on JBS and COOL
KSIR - Run time: 10:00 - 09/15/2008
R-CALF Official Speaks Out Against High-Risk Cattle
KTIC-AM 840 Rural Radio -
08/21/08
R-CALF USA
News Conference Regarding the OTM Rule - Run time: 39:53 - 11/1/07
R-CALF
USA on KBHB (21 MB) - Run time: 53:59 - 5/12/07
Print Media
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Cattle group seeks concessions from packer
By TOM LUTEY
Of The Gazette Staff; The Billings Gazette
Tuesday January 6, 2009
JBS, U.S. Justice Department File Motions to Stay
Lawsuit
By Chris Clayton;
DTN Tuesday December 16, 2008
Collapse of cattle markets demands change of
direction
By STAYTON WELDON;
Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune Thursday December 4,
2008
Schumacher, Callicrate Provide Input at
Policy Meeting in Washington, D.C.
By Allan Burke, Editor;
Prairie Pioneer (Pollock, S.D.) Friday November 28, 2008
More attorney
generals try to block National Beef deal
meatpoultry.com Tuesday
November 11, 2008
Business news and notes
Minnesota and Northern Iowa AgriNews Tuesday
November 4, 2008
Fed files anti-trust lawsuit to block beef merger
By Andrea Zippay; Farm and Dairy
magazine (serves Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Va.) Thursday Oct. 30, 2008
R-CALF Now Offers Health Insurance to Members
Wisconsin
Ag Connection / USAgNet Thursday
October 30, 2008
Column submittal of 10/22/08 by David Kruse, President, CommStock Investments Copyright
2008 @ CommStock Investments, Inc., David Kruse
(By
Chuck) Jolley: DOJ Files Suit To Stop Part Of JBSs Takeover Bids
CattleNetwork.com Tuesday October 21, 2008
Brazilian Beef Purchase Is Challenged by the
U.S.
By JOHN R. WILKE and LAUREN ETTER; Wall
Street Journal - Monday - October 20, 2008
Government
Moves to Stop Major Packing Company Merger
Hoosier Ag Today Monday
October 20, 2008
Regulators sue JBS, National Beef over deal
By Emily Fredrix;
The (Wisconsin) Associated Press
Monday October 20, 2008
UPDATE 2-U.S. opposes JBS plan to buy National Beef
By Diane Bartz; Reuters
Monday October 20, 2008
Are they truly willing to pay?
By Steve Bierklie;
meatpoultry.com Friday October 3, 2008
Origin-Label Law Fails To Promote US Meat-US
Senator By Bill Tomson; Dow Jones
Newswires Wednesday September 10, 2008
Impromptu Meeting with
Amish Generates Interest in R-CALF USA
SolancoNews.com (Quarryville, Pa.) Monday September 8, 2008
National
cattlemen (R-CALF USA) support Creekstone
The Traveler (Arkansas City, Kan.) Thursday September 4, 2008
U.S. Group (R-CALF USA) Gathers New Evidence to Stop
Canada Cattle Imports By Bill
Tomson;
Dow Jones Newswires -
September 3, 2008
Foot-and-Mouth Disease "Regionalization" Threatens
U.S. Economy The Milkweed - September 1, 2008
Guest Opinion: USDA works backward, increases
disease risks By Dr. Max Thornsberry; North Platte (Neb.)
Bulletin August 25, 2008
Status report: National
Animal Identification System By
Holly Foster;
Drovers August 2008 issue
(focus: Animal ID)
With new BSE case in
Canada, R-CALF calls for more testing
By Tom Lutey of The Gazette Staff, The Billings Gazette 08/20/08
Beef industry
preps for COOL times By Adam Templeton, DTN Staff
Reporter; Tri-State Livestock News via DTN
08/17/08
Major mergers put region in spotlight
By Steve Porter,
Northern Colorado Business Report 08/01/08
(quotes R-CALF
USA President/Region VI Director Max Thornsberry, DVM; CEO Bill Bullard)
Animal ID Opponents Welcome US Federal Judge''s
Ruling By Lester Aldrich, Dow Jones Newswires 6/16/08
USDA begins process
to open border to older Canadian cattle By
DALE HILDEBRANT,
For Minnesota Farm Guide; Minnesota Farm Guide
9/29/07, The Prairie Star 10/11/07
"Resolutions
Introduced in Congress to Block Canadian Cattle"
By Jason Vance,
Michigan Farmer 10/9/07
"R-CALF
USA objects to Peru FTA" By Tom
Wray, Editor, ProvisionerOnline; National Provisioner 9/26/07
"Group
Urges House Committee To Block Peru Free Trade Agreement" USAgNet 9/25/07
"Farm groups: USDA opens doors to mad cows from
Canada" By George Lauby, North Platte Bulletin 9/24/07
"Jolley:
Five Minutes With An Angry Bill Bullard"
By Chuck Jolley, CattleNetwork.com 9/21/07
"Central
Illinoisans call Johanns' work memorable" By Steve Tarter, Peoria Journal
Star 9/21/07
"U.S.
to allow import of older Canadian cattle"
By Christopher Doering, Reuters 9/18/07
"USDA to open border to older Canadian
cattle;
Cattle industry leaders concerned about risks to U.S. producers"
By Steve Miller, Journal staff, Rapid City Journal 9/17/07
"USDA relaxes rules for cattle trade" By David
Irvin, Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/15/07
"U.S. Cattlemen
Lose Mad Cow Bid to Keep Canadian Animals Out" Environment News Service
8/29/07
"U.S. appeals court OKs Canada beef imports" Reuters 8/28/07
"Court opens
the gates to Canadian cattle" Central Valley Business Times 8/28/07
"Recipe for
disaster?" By Matt Bewley Staff Writer, AgWeek 8/20/07
"Ags
Cloudy Future" By Rena Delbridge,
Star Tribune 8/16/07
"Canadian Trade Complaints About U.S. COOL
Unfounded" Southwest Farm Press 8/14/07
"Debate over COOL back on front burner" By
McClatchy Newspspaers, Printed in the Billings Gazette 8/12/07
" Tainted
food imports and new Congress revive stalled food labeling law"
By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Writer 7/14/07
"Labels Lack Food's Origin
Despite Law" By Andrew Martin, New York Time 7/2/07
"Country-of-Origin Labeling
Back in Play" By T.R. Goldman, Roll Call 6/25/07
"American
Meat Institute Advises Packers To Require Origin Proof" By
Lester Aldrich, Dow Jones 6/14/07
"Coalition Demands COOL"
By Jessica Centers, Natural Foods Merchandiser 6/5/07
"Some like the OIE ruling, some do
not" By Bob Meyer, Brownfield Ag Network 5/23/07
"U.S.
Classified as Controlled Risk for Mad Cow Disease" Environment News Service
5/23/07
"U.S., Canada Designated 'Controlled-Risk' for
BSE (Update 4)" By Alan Bjerga and Daniel J. Goldstein, Bloomberg News
5/22/07
"R-CALF stronger after split CEO says" By Peggy
Steward, Capital Press 5/4/07
"R-CALF fights for
American cattlemen" By Margene Eiguren, Guest Comment; Capital Press 5/4/07
"Canada's Tenth
Mad Cow Rouses Concern South of the Border" Environment News Service,
5/3/07
"Jolley: Five Minutes With Bill Bullard, R-CALF
USA" CattleNetwork.com,
04/20/07
"An Open Letter to the U.S. Cattle Industry" By Herman Schumacher,
04/12/07
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 16KB)
"Age-old
question" By John Gregerson, editor, Meatingplace.com, March 2007, (Adobe
Acrobat Reader PDF File 5.08MB)
"Jolley:
Whats Going On At R-CALF?" CattleNetwork.com, 03/21/07
"U.S. Groups Seek Senate Help In Preventing Canadian
Beef Trade" Inside U.S. Trade, 03/16/07
"Jolley: Five Minutes With Randy Stevenson, R-CALF
USA" CattleNetwork.com,
03/02/07
"Additional BSE case in Canada raises questions on imports" By Don Taylor,
Ag News at a Glance, 02/16/07
"2 senators take aim at meatpackers"
By Stephen J. Hedges, Washington Bureau,
Chicago Tribune, 01/29/07
"Mad cow 'minimum risk' from Canadian beef, U.S.
says" By Stephen J. Hedges, Washington Bureau,
Chicago Tribune, 01/15/07
"Crop report: Corn supplies dwindle, prices rise"
By Libby Quaid, AP Food and Farm Writer, 01/12/07
"Canadian beef ban?"
Idaho State Journal, 01/08/07
"Beef News: OMB accepts 'Rule 2' on Canadian beef,
returns it to USDA for publication" by Pete Hisey,
meatingplace.com, 01/03/07
"OMB Leaves USDA Import Rule Unchanged" by DTN, 01/03/07
"Premise registration continues on plan"
by Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today, 12/07/06
"NAIS Debate:
Voluntary vs. mandatory" by Jeff DeYoung,
Iowa Farmer Today, 12/07/06
"Cattlemen discuss industry's trade deficit" by Shannon Burkdoll, The
Prairie Star editor, 12/06/06
"Shift to voluntary animal ID program doesn't
appease critics" by Lisa Rathke, Associated Press
Writer, 12/04/06
"USDA resubmits rule to allow imports of all Canadian beef" Inside U.S.
Trade, 12/01/06
"USDA
wants to open border to all Canadian cattle" by Steve Miller, Journal Staff
Writer and AP reports, 12/01/06
"USDA resubmits rule to allow imports of all Canadian beef"
Inside U.S. Trade, 12/01/06
"Court: R-CALF v. USDA case
will continue"
Agriculture Online / Successful Farming, 11/22/06
"U.S. Appeals Court Denies USDA Motion In
Cattle-Import Case" Dow Jones, 11/21/06
"Appeals
Court Denies USDA Motion" DTN,
11/21/06
"R-CALF USA wins battle in long legal war"
by Peter Shinn,
Brownfield Ag Network, 11/21/06
"Stockmen
dont cotton to livestock registration" by Pam Zubeck, Colorado Springs
Gazette, 11/07/06
"Livestock producers call for better price
reporting"
by
Cathy Roemer, Ag Weekly correspondent, 10/29/06
"R-CALF founder has passion
for cattlemen's rights" by Billie Jo Jannen, Wallowa County Chieftain,
10/26/06
"Jolley: Five Minutes With The Beef Checkoff
Task Force" CattleNetwork.com,
09/29/06
"OIG: FSIS Reviews Inconsistent"
by Chris Clayton,
DTN Staff
Reporter, 09/28/06
"Not all on board with beef checkoff
recommendations"
by Ag Weekly, 09/15/06
"$2 beef checkoff proposed" by
Tam Moore,
Capital Press Staff Write,
09/15/06
"The Checkoff Two Decades Of Sleeping At The
Financial Switch" by C.R. Jolley,
CattleNetwork.com, 09/12/06
"R-CALF leader makes call in Iowa"
by
Renae B. Vander
Schaaf, AgriNews, 09/12/06
"Beef Checkoff Evaluation Committee Suggests Needed
Improvements" FarmFutures.com, 09/11/06
"Canadian BSE Cow Might Have Missed Testing --
R-CALF USA" by Lester Aldrich, Dow Jones
Newswires, 09/06/06
"R-CALF -- Report
contradicts USDA BSE position" Ag Weekly,
09/02/06
"Animal health workers sound off on ID (at NIAA
ID/EXPO)"
by Tam
Moore, Capital
Press Staff Writer, 09/01/06
"Blistering Drought Ravages Farmland on Plains"
by Monica Davey The
New York Times, 08/29/06
"Jolley: Canada And BSE - Few In The Industry
Speak" by C.R. Chuck Jolley,
CattleNetwork.com, 08/25/06
"Organization leader says farm bill should
address livestock industry problems"
by Hembree Brandon,
Southeast Farm Press, 08/25/06
"No trouble seen in cattle
trade with Canada"
by Marcy Nicholson, Reuters, 08/24/06
"Johanns: New BSE case will not affect Canada's
status"
by Pete Hisey,
meatingplace.com, 08/24/06
"Alberta hotspot for mad cow disease, says R-CALF"
by Kathy Jones,
FoodConsumer.org, 08/24/06
"New Canada mad cow
case won't hurt US trade-Johanns"
Reuters Canada, 08/23/06
"Canada Food
Agency Confirms 8th Case of Mad Cow (Update5)"
by Greg Quinn and Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg News,
08/23/06
"World Animal Health Body Changes Mad Cow Risk Definitions"
Environment News Service, 05/31/06
"No time to back down" by Dan Looker, Business
Editor, Successful Farming magazine/ Agriculture.com, 05/16/06
"R-CALF Head Explains Strategy, Goals Of Cow-Calf Organization"
by David Bowser,
Livestock Weekly, 05/18/06
"Latest mad cow
case renews criticism of rules" by Barry Shlachter,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram / Knight-Ridder News,
04/18/06
"Ag
groups object to USDA plan to allow imports of cattle older than 30 months"
by Steve Miller,
Rapid City Journal
Staff Writer, 04/11/06
"Jolley: Five Minutes With Herman Schumacher"
by C.R. Chuck Jolley,
CattleNetwork.com, 04/07/06
"Cattle IDs voluntary under plan" by
Philip Brasher, Des Moines Register (Iowa), 04/07/06
"Formula focus of quarrel" by Scott Waltman,
American News Writer, 04/04/06
"From the Field: Experts say cattle producers
must unite" by David Phelps, The Natchez Democrat,
03/28/06
"Rancher: Producers must unite -- Expert says
cattle industry unfairly represented, managed" by Steve Tarter,
The Peoria Journal Star
(Illinois), 03/28/06
"R-CALF supports voluntary BSE testing"
Ag Online
/ Successful Farming, 03/24/06
"New R-CALF affiliate forms in Ohio"
by Lane McConnell, Brownfield Ag Network,
03/10/06
"R-CALF meetings in
Missouri"
by Lane McConnell, Brownfield Ag Network, 03/09/06
"R-CALF focuses
on fair competition" by Carol Ryan Dumas, Ag Weekly editor, Ag
Weekly, 02/24/06
"Beef industry moves to improve checkoff"
by Rod Smith, Feedstuffs, 02/20/06
"New cattle group, ICON, off and running"
by Chris
Clayton, World-Herald Staff Writer, 02/18/06
"R-CALF Regroups" by
Neil Waugh, Edmonton Sun, 02/10/06
"Jolley: Five Minutes With Kathleen Kelley"
CattleNetwork.com, 02/10/06
"R-CALF returns to federal court"
by
Pete Hisey, Meatingplace.com,
2/9/2006
"Livestock Groups Appeal Tyson Case"
by
Chris Clayton,
DTN
Staff Reporter, 02/09/06
"R-CALF Files in Canada Cattle Suit"
by Les Aldrich, Dow Jones Newswires,02/08/06
"R-CALF USA, NCBA
presidents debate cattle industry issues" by Shannon Burkdoll, The Prairie Star editor, 02/02/06
"McDonnell delivers R-CALF's message at two events"
by
Carol
Stender,
Agri News staff writer,
01/31/06
"BSE finding in Canada draws mixed response"
by Becky Bohrer,
Associated Press, 01/24/06
"Bullard Takes Shots at Packers in Iowa
Appearance" by
Jean
Caspers-Simmet,
Agri News staff
writer, 01/17/06
"Fightin' Words: Will COOLer Heads Prevail?" by Ira Apfel,
contributing editor, Meatingplace, January 2006
"R-CALF
co-founder defends stances" by Steve Miller, Journal Staff Writer, Rapid City
(S.D.) Journal, 02/01/06
"$1.2
million raised for R-CALF last year"
by Steve Miller, Journal Staff Writer, Rapid City
(S.D.) Journal, 01/30/06
"Chuck Jolley: Five Minutes With Max Thornsberry,
DVM" by Chuck Jolley, CattleNetwork.com, 01/06/06
"Chuck Jolley: Five Minutes With Chuck Kiker"
by Chuck Jolley, CattleNetwork.com, 12/09/05
"Japan panel: U.S. beef risks very low"
by Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press, 11/01/05
"Hutchins speaks at Farmers Union picnic"
by George Breithaupt,
News Staff Writer, 10/17/05
"NCBA, R-CALF leaders in Goliad to give views
on cattle industry" by Marsha
Moulder, The Victoria
Advocate, 10/16/05
"R-CALF Seeking Full Circuit Court Ruling On
Border Case" by the Livestock Weekly,
09/15/05
"Cattlemen's Group Wrangles With Its Former
Allies" by Jim Robbins, New York Times, 09/14/05
"R-CALF paints harsh picture for resident cattle
producers" by Matthew Weaver, Herald staff writer, 08/25/05
"US
Cattle Group Cites USDA 'Failures' In Beef Recall"
by Les Aldrich,
Dow Jones Newswires,
08/23/05
"US
Cattle Group Cites USDA 'Failures' In Beef Recall" by
Lester Aldrich; Dow Jones Newswires, 08/23/05
Guest opinion: Keep COOL meat labeling mandatory
by Danni Beer, Billings Gazette, 08/14/05
"R-CALF USA
Challenges Beef Establishment" by Jim Eichstadt,
The Milkweed, August 2005
"Jolley: Five minutes with Leo McDonnell"
by Chuck Jolley,
www.cattlenetwork.com, 07/09/05
"All eyes on R-CALF," by Mikkel Pates, Agweek Staff Writer, 06/20/05
"Wide open gaps may cause Mad Cow to strike back,"
by Libby Quaid, AP writer, 06/17/05
"Loopholes in the ban on cattle remains in cattle
feed," by The Associated Press, 06/17/05
"Using blood in feed 'raises mad cow risk',
Livestock loophole in Canada's regulations should be closed, U.S. expert urges"
by Chad Skelton, Vancouver Sun, 12/18/04
"Agency opted not to use DNA test on feed, Test
would have detected contamination of feed by banned animal material, expert
says" by Chad Skelton, Vancouver Sun, 12/17/04
"Secret
tests reveal cattle feed contaminated by animal parts, Mad Cow fears spark
review of 'vegetable-only' livestock feeds" by Chad Skelton,
Vancouver Sun, 12/16/04
"Rival Cattlemens Organization Leaders
Debate Specific Issues" by David Bowser, Livestock Weekly, 04/22/04
"NCBA Head Reviews BSE
Impacts, Criticizes Industry Dissenters" by David Bowser, Livestock Weekly, 04/15/04
"BSE Leading Issue In Debate Between Cattle Organizations" by David Bowser,
Livestock Weekly, 03/25/04
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