OPINION: Cattle ranchers being seared by meatpacking industry in beef checkoff program By Cash Carruth / Bloomfield resident Mar 25, 2024 Updated 2 hrs ago A pen of Hereford heifers on a ranch near Stanley in May 2020. Some cattle ranchers are raising dust over the federal government’s dollar-per-head beef checkoff system, which they say…

Family Dollar stores are closing. These city officials are happy about it By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Updated 4:49 PM EDT, Fri March 15, 2024 Family Dollar will close nearly 1,000 stores in the coming years. Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images New York CNN — When Vanessa Hall-Harper, a city councilor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, learned this week that…

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     By: R-CALF USA Marketing Director Jaiden Moreland 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.   R-CALF USA Praises Senate Reversal of USDA Paraguayan Beef…

Bayer Eliminates Nearly Half of Its Executive Positions in Major Overhaul Published: Mar 21, 2024 By Tristan Manalac Pictured: Bayer’s building in Germany/iStock, Elenasfotos Bayer Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday announced sweeping changes to its leadership structure, including a new unit, role changes and a more streamlined masthead. The pharma’s executive roster will now have only eight…

In this week’s Down to Earth episode, hear from Austin Frerick, author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Indsutry, about his experience seeing his home state of Iowa go from a world of farms to hollowed out rural communities due to monopolistic corporations and his solutions to these problems. New Down…

Op-Ed by Gilles Stockton, Montana Cattlemen’s Association Director   Those of us raising cattle are upset at the movement blaming cows for global warming, especially since this is not supported by reality. The role of animal agriculture in carbon dioxide, and particularly methane emissions, is complex. Cows, however, cannot be singled out as the guilty…

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America "Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer" For Immediate Release March 14, 2024   R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this week’s update on Facebook here Twitter here or view the web version here. Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses the recently…

Mexico defends GM corn restrictions with science Mar 14, 2024 by Timothy Wise An analysis of Mexico’s response to the U.S. in the USMCA dispute Since Mexico imposed its restrictions on genetically modified (GM) corn in tortillas last February as precautionary measures to protect public health and corn biodiversity, the United States government has repeatedly…

Tyson to close Perry pork plant in June By: Jared Strong – March 11, 2024 5:52 pm Tyson Perry Facility on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The largest employer in Perry — a Tyson Foods pork processing facility — is set to close permanently in June. A Tyson spokesperson on Monday…

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     By: R-CALF USA Marketing Director Jaiden Moreland 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.   American Cattle Producers Grateful for Packers and Stockyards Act…