R-CALF

R-CALF: 40 Groups Disagree With USDA's Latest BSE Court Submission

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:50:31 GMT

Yes, the ball is still in play – although a distant memory for some – with regard to the litigation filed in 2007 by R-CALF USA and 10 other plaintiffs against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) decision to allow into the U.S. older Canadian cattle born after March 1, 1999, and beef from Canadian cattle of all ages.

R-CALF: Comments Urge USTR To Address Global Market Distortions

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:48 GMT

In comments filed Tuesday with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), R-CALF USA laid out how the world marketplace for cattle and beef is one of the most grossly distorted markets of any sector, and how the inability to achieve any semblance of balance between disparate tariffs, subsidies and sanitary/phytosanitary (SPS) standards has wreaked havoc upon, and threatens to destroy, the U.S. live cattle industry, which historically has been the single largest segment of U.S. agriculture and which also provides the economic cornerstones for most rural communities across the United States.

R-CALF: Stop The Hemorrhaging In U.S. Live Cattle Industry

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:18:54 GMT

R-CALF USA directors, officers and committee chairs, as well as many of its affiliate organizations, jointly sent a letter today to President Obama, Vice President Biden, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Attorney General Eric Holder and congressional leaders that describes the U.S. cattle industry as being in an acute crisis.