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…
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…
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 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 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:…
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…
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…
For Immediate Release 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. Award-Winning Journalist Lara Logan…
Farm groups fed up with ag consolidation, checkoff corruption speak out By Rachel Wagoner June 4, 2024 Joe Logan, president of the Ohio Farmers Union, speaks to a crowd gathered in Columbiana, Ohio May 29 for the Enough or Enough Tour, put on by his group, the Pennsylvania Farmers Union, Farm Action Fund and Buckeye…
Journalist Marcel Gomes has traced beef in supermarkets and fast food restaurants in the U.S. and Europe to Brazilian ranches on illegally cleared land. In an e360 interview, he talks about the challenges of documenting the supply chains and getting companies to clean them up. May 9th, 2024 Marcel Gomes (center) with colleagues at Repórter Brasil’s offices in…