Month: June 2024

The War on Beef – How Incrementalism Kills Liberty

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer June 28, 2024     Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here or view the web version here.   Below please find an op-ed by R-CALF USA Private Property Rights Committee Chair…



USDA P&S Act Reforms Face Longer Odds After Supreme Court Ruling

USDA P&S Act Reforms Face Longer Odds After Supreme Court Ruling 6/28/2024 | 4:58 PM CDT By Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor Connect with Chris: @ChrisClaytonDTN USDA this year has proposed or finalized several new rules related to the Packers and Stockyards Act. Those rules are now at greater risk of being thrown…



Op-ed: Coal Mine Canaries Served an Important Purpose

For Immediate Release: June 26, 2024 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Below please find an op-ed by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard regarding the Nevil Speer Opinion:  Speer: Protectionists Plagued By Wool Blindness, published June 5, 2024, in Drovers. Coal Mine Canaries Served an Important Purpose    Op-ed by Bill Bullard, CEO,…



FOR PRODUCER PROFITABILITY – FOLLOW THE MONEY

June 18, 2024 Op-Ed by Gilles Stockton, Montana Cattlemen’s Association Director This past spring the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) held a number of what they termed “Producer Profitability” meetings in order to solicit support for the MSGA’s farm policy priorities. Their agenda includes: increased government subsidies for the Livestock Risk Protection Program (LRP); streamlining the…



Montana Has More Cows Than People. Why Are Locals Eating Beef From Brazil?

June 13, 2024 Share on FacebookShare on Twitter “Making It Work” is a series is about small-business owners striving to endure hard times. While many people can conjure up romantic visions of a Montana ranch — vast valleys, cold streams, snow-capped mountains — few understand what happens when the cattle leave those pastures. Most of…



Ranch Group Applauds Action to Overturn USDA’s Electronic Eartag Mandate

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here or view the web version here.   Ranch Group Applauds Action to Overturn USDA’s Electronic Eartag Mandate BILLINGS, Mont., June 17, 2024 –Last…



‘Time for a reckoning.’ Kansas farmers brace for water cuts to save Ogallala Aquifer

‘Time for a reckoning.’ Kansas farmers brace for water cuts to save Ogallala Aquifer As the Ogallala Aquifer dwindles, rural towns try to keep their sole water source BY: ALLISON KITE – JUNE 13, 2024 Sprinklers irrigate a field in Hamilton County, Kansas, where some farmers have petitioned to be removed from a local groundwater…



R-CALF: Nevil Speer opines that protectionism is bad and preventing trade in goods between countries is what he means by “protection.”

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here or view the web version here.   Below please find an op-ed by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard regarding the Nevil Speer Opinion:…



The man who warned us about UPFs: Michael Pollan on his 25-year fight with the food industry

By Zoe WIlliams, June 6th, 2024 His Oscar-nominated 2008 documentary Food, Inc exposed the horrors of industrial agriculture in the US. Now, a sequel shows that the corporate behemoths have no intention of loosening their grip In the middle of Food, Inc 2 – the follow-up documentary to 2008’s Food, Inc, narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric…



Poultry Bill Shields Farmers from Pollution Suits

By Jeff Elkins, June 4th 2024 OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill establishing liability protections for Oklahoma’s poultry industry is set to become law. With Gov. Stitt’s signature late last week, Senate Bill 1424 will become law in November. The measure outlines fines for pollution of $10,000 per day and protects poultry farmers from litigation due…