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R-CALF USA News Release Archive

2004 2005 2006 2007

2008:

10/28/08 -- Group Now Offers Health Insurance to Its Members
10/23/08 -- Fort Pierre Livestock Breaks $10,000 in Fall Fund-Raiser Kickoff
10/22/08 -- Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Making False Claims
10/21/08 -- Justice Department’s and States’ Antitrust Complaint Reveals Knowledge of U.S. Cattle Industry
10/20/08 -- Group Applauds Justice Department and States Action Against Proposed JBS Mergers
10/16/08 -- KLA’s Actions in Support of Proposed JBS Mergers "Irresponsible and Damaging”
10/16/08 -- Op-Ed Beef Exports and NCBA: Part of the Problem, or Part of the Solution?
10/15/08 -- Group Pleased with Tyson’s COOL Letters, But Still Cautious About Remaining Loopholes
10/15/08 -- CEO Statement: Board Votes to Discontinue Litigation Against Former Directors
10/13/08 -- Group Chooses Proactive Path to Prevent U.S. Cattle Industry Crisis by Pushing for No-Cost Changes to National Policies
10/08/08 -- Meeting Educates, Informs 100-Plus Cattle Producers
10/06/08 -- 7^th Submission to Justice Department Highlights Disparity in Fed Cattle Prices Between, Among Various Regions Over 12 Weeks
09/30/08 -- Consumers: Today, It Becomes Your Legal Right – Tell Your Grocer You Want USA Beef!
09/30/08 -- Cattle Producers Back Tester’s Beef Checkoff Modernization Act
09/26/08 -- Group Requests Improvements to COOL in Formal Comments to USDA
09/25/08 -- COOL: 31 Senators Stand Up to USDA for Cattle Producers, Consumers
09/18/08 -- Myths versus Facts Surrounding Proposed JBS Mergers
09/17/08 -- COOL Question: Livestock Producers Want Clarification from USDA on Intent of Packer/Retailer Loophole in Interim Final Rule
09/11/08 -- Tester Asks USDA to Correct Questionable COOL Loophole
09/10/08 -- CEO Makes JBS Presentation to Justice Department
09/05/08 -- Industry COOL Meeting with USDA Good News for Members
09/05/08 -- Impromptu Meeting with Amish Generates Interest in Organization
09/02/08 -- Cattle Producers Disappointed in Court’s Creekstone Decision; Give Export Customers What They Want
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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