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BILLINGS, MT – Long-time opponent to USDA’s continued efforts to mandate electronic identification of cattle, Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA CEO said the agency’s Thursday announcement is intended to serve the trade interests of the multinational beef packers by protecting them from having to pay higher prices for cattle as occurred following the BSE-related trade restrictions […]
BILLINGS, MT – A Trump-crafted trade agreement has some pro-Trump organizations seeing red. Trump called the former North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) “perhaps the worst trade deal ever made,” and replaced it with the United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA). Some livestock organizations, including the National Cattlemen’s Association (NCBA), hailed it as “a great […]
CHEYENNE, WY – A federal court in Wyoming dismissed a ranchers’ 2019 lawsuit against a Trump administration proposal to mandate the use of radio frequency identification of animals in interstate commerce nearly two months after USDA dropped the proposal. The U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming dismissed the case last week, according to […]