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R CALF CEO Says OIG Audit A White Wash
R CALF leaders are unhappy with the results of the OIG audit report of the beef check off and the Cattlemen’s Beef Boar...
R CALF Unhappy With DOJ JBS Approval
Friday the U.S. Justice Department approved JBS’s proposal to acquire Excel’s 4 Star Beef in Omaha, Nebraska and ...
R CALF Encoraged By Senators Calling For COOL Defense
A bi partisan group of Senators including Tim Johnson and John Thune are calling on USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative&rs...
R CALF Leader Says Zoning Deal With Canada Has Problems
Last Week, Canada’s Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced that his country and the United States have entered into ...
Cattle Group Executive Says Brazil Needs More BSE Surveillance
Brazil’s agriculture ministry says it will conduct a top to bottom audit of its cattle industry to stave off a growing ...
R CALF Wants USDA To Ban Imports Of Beef From Brazil
R CALF officials want U.S.D.A. to ban imports of Brazilian cattle into the United States following that country’s disco...
R CALF Wants Antitrust Investigation Of JBS Purchase Of XL Plants
R CALF officials have sent a letter to the U.S. Justice and Ag Departments requesting an antitrust investigation into the pur...
R CALF Leader Says Recent E coli Canadian Outbreak Shows Need For COOL
Wednesday, USDA issued a warning that some beef imported from Canada may be contaminated with the E-coli bacteria.USDA offici...
Cattle Group Outlilnes Next Step After Being Barred
R CALF leaders say their next step following the decision by Check off Industry group members to bar them from Monday’s...
R CALF Upset It's Being Excluded From Industry Group Check off Meeting
R-CALF officials are upset they’re being excluded from a meeting of the Beef Industry Check-off Input group scheduled f...
R CALF Joins Foundation In Suing WTO, Ag Secretary And Trade Rep Over COOL Ruling
Wednesday, R CALF USA and the Made in the USA foundation filed a lawsuit against the WTO, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and USTR R...
R CALF CEO Says They Won't Work With HSUS
Saturday, R CALF members wrapped up their convention in Rapid City. CEO Bill Bullard says they’ve written Ag Secretary ...
R CALF Members Want Beef Check Off Fixed
R-CALF members will be dealing with some major policy decisions at their convention in Rapid City starting today in Rapid Cit...
OCM Convention Held in Kansas City
Organization for Competitive Market members are gathering in Kansas City the end of this week for their annual meeting and co...
R CALF Leader Raises Question Of WTO Conflict Of Interest
One U.S. Cattle group leader is questioning whether there was conflict of interest in the WTO case involving the appeal of th...
R CALF Leader Not Surprised by WTO Ruling
Friday's ruling by the WTO Tribunal says the U.S. COOL Law as its presently implemented treats imported product less favo...
R Calf Not Expecting COOL Support from WTO
A World Trade Organization tribunal is expected to rule tomorrow on the United States Country of Origin Labeling Law. The cas...
Senator Wants to Push Packer Ban Legislation, Backed by Cattle Group
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’d like to introduce his legislation banning packer ownership of livestock this week...
R CALF Pleased with GISPA Appointment, Will Work for Stronger Market Rules
R CALF officials are pleased with the appointment of Larry Mitchell as head of USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Sto...
CPA Committee Reviews Trade Agreements
A Coalition for a Prosperous America Committee just spent six months reviewing U.S. trade agreements and came up with princip...
R CALF Pleased USTR Appealing WTO COOL Ruling
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk has decided to appeal the WTO decision ruling against the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling ...
R CALF Working To Get Competition Bills Passed In The Senate
R CALF officials are working to get passed two pieces of legislation in the U.S.Senate that they say will restore competition...
Cattle Group Says Proposed BSE Rule Will Hurt Trade
USDA officials say their proposed BSE rule will help improve protection of the U.S. herd, however R CALF officials says just ...
R CALF Doesn't Like Idea Of Comprehensive BSE Rule
Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley wants the United States to have a comprehensive BSE rule in order to help our ...
R CALF Asks USTR To Aggressively Seek Appeal
R CALF officials have sent a 17 page memorandum to the U.S. Trade Representative urging an aggressive appeal of the WTO rulin...