R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here. Ranch Group Urges Opening of CRP Lands to Slow Cattle Supply Chain Billings, Mont. – Last night R-CALF USA sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking the Secretary to consider opening the 24 million acres of…
Why Covid-19 plant shutdowns could make the Big Four meatpackers even more profitable by Joe Fassler + H. Claire Brown 05.14.2020, 2:50pm AP Photo/Charlie Riedel For ranchers, workers, and retailers, the pandemic has been a crisis. For the meatpackers who dominate 80 percent of the beef market, it’s been a rare opportunity. For a brief,…
Eric Schlosser Author of Fast Food Nation Under the headline “A Delicate Balance: Feeding the Nation and Keeping Our Employees Healthy,” a letter from John H. Tyson appeared as a full-page ad in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Sunday, April 26. Tyson is chairman of the board at…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America For Immediate Release May 12, 2020 R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here. Ranch Group Grateful for Swift Senate Action to Fix Broken Cattle Markets Billings, Mont. – Today, U.S. Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Jon Tester (D-MT), along with…
Pandemic on our plates: The high health risks of industrial animal agriculture "RUDERSBERG" by DORIS META F is licensed under CC BY 2.0 By Shivam Joshi and Josh Balk May 11, 2020 Dr. Shivam Joshi is a physician on the front-lines of the novel coronavirus outbreak in New York City. Josh Balk is the vice…
My interview with Greg Stephens, Salina Media Connection – A look back at how we ended up with four big meatpackers controlling the cattle market and today’s failed meat supply chain. The deck is stacked against small plants and independent livestock producers. Why USDA is a big part of the problem in building local/regional food…
Number of workers with coronavirus at Waterloo Tyson plant more than double earlier figure Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register Published 9:00 p.m. CT May 7, 2020 | Updated 2:47 p.m. CT May 8, 2020 More than 1,000 workers at the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo have tested positive for the coronavirus, a county public health…
Cattle producers bring Ft. Pierre packing plant back online April 29, 2020 Courtesy photos This past weekend, U.S. Beef Producers test harvested 13 head of cattle in the old Bad River Pack facility in Ft. Pierre, S.D. By Codi Vallery-Mills The slowing of meat processing at some of the nation’s largest packing plants due to…
As once said, you cannot grow a demand side economy with supply side manure. All you do is cover those on the ground in shit. All our aggiecon friends should be glad that they are not licensed, if they were they would be sued for malpractice. After attempting to view the OSU Sunup show this…