Small producers start legal fund to fight food safety authorities ABC Rural By Warwick Long Week of August 3rd, 2015 Photo: A farmer selling produce at a small retail outlet. Farmers say they have been forced to start a legal fund to fight authorities overstepping their regulatory powers. (ABC News) Farmers selling food at their…

R-CALF USA: NFU Is Irresponsibly Misrepresenting the Voluntary COOL Bill Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA and the National Farmers Union (NFU) once worked together to support, pass and maintain mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL). As recently as June 8, 2015, the two groups were signatories to a letter addressed to congressional leaders informing them…

R-CALF USA to Host 16th Annual Convention in Denver: COOL, Argentinian and Brazilian Imports to be Highlights Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA, the nation’s largest producer-only, national cattle trade association, will hold its 16th annual convention and membership meeting August 14-15, 2015 in Denver, Colorado, at the Holiday Inn Denver East-Stapleton located at 3333 Quebec…

PRIME Act Would Steer Meat Processing in the Right Direction A great new bi-partisan House bill would wrest control over intrastate meat slaughter from the USDA. Baylen Linnekin | August 1, 2015 Late last week, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced a bill that would dramatically re-shape the way many animals are slaughtered for food in…

Congress, Farm Groups Fall Prey to Canada and Mexico’s Great COOL Hoax Billings, Mont. – Data compiled by attorneys for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) reveal that accusations by Canada and Mexico that the United States’ mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) law cost their combined livestock industries $3.6 billion is much…

Idaho “Ag-Gag” Law Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal Court Posted on August 3, 2015 Victory for Animals: District Court Rules Anti-Whistleblower Law Violates U.S. Constitution For immediate release: Contact: Nicole Roth, Animal Legal Defense Fund: 415-615-2016 (cell) nroth BOISE — Idaho’s Ag-Gag law is unconstitutional, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho ruled today….

Secret sanctions revealed against university hosting $1.25 billion biolab USA TODAY 7:15 p.m. EDT August 4, 2015 (Photo: Kansas State University) Kansas State University — where a controversial $1.25 billion biosecurity lab facility is under construction — secretly faced federal sanctions last year after repeatedly violating safety regulations during its research with bioterror pathogens, records…

POLITICO COOL proponents to Congress: USTR data show you’re moving too fast 8/4/15 1:38 PM EDT Proponents of Country of Origin Labeling today are responding to a U.S. Trade Representative report on estimated damages, suggesting that House lawmakers moved too fast to repeal the law. In a 41-page report delivered last week to the World…

VERA NALL: Removal of COOL not cool at all The U. S. House of Representatives recently voted to repeal Country of Origin Labeling. If the Senate also passes a repeal, the law that requires all beef and pork products sold in retail stores to be labeled to show where the animal was born, raised and…

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard August 3, 2015 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa U.S. Economic Model Shows COOL Losses Overstated by Billions Billings, Mont. – In a 41-page brief to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United States Trade Representative (USTR) demonstrated…