The R-CALF USA Round Up

In today’s world, monopolies reach into every fabric of our lives, in agriculture we are all too familiar, but let's talk about the monopolies in almost every other industry. What has happened to the strict antitrust laws and antimonopoly behavior our country was founded upon? Where do we go from here? Join us as we discuss just that and more with Matt Stoller. This episode is sponsored by Mason &...

On today’s episode, we discuss the World Trade Organization, trade, tariffs and more as they relate to agriculture, the cattle industry and our country with Charles Benoit from the Coalition for a Prosperous America.   This episode is sponsored by Ag Risk Advisors. Visit their website https://agriskadvisors.com  for more information. 

On today’s episode, I sit down with South Dakota Stockgrowers Association President and R-CALF USA Checkoff Committee Chair Vaughn Meyer at the Black Hills Stock Show and discuss Stockgrowers, the beef checkoff, and the needed reforms to move our industry forward.     This episode is sponsored by the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association. Visit their website www.southdakotastockgrowers.org for mor...

The dairy industry has long been a staple of American diets and rural America, but much like their beef counterparts, the dairy industry we once knew is quickly disappearing. Today we visit with Deborah Mills, of National Dairy Producers Organization and discuss consolidation, cattle industry policies, and checkoff programs.     This episode is sponsored by Grossenburg Implement Inc. Visit their w...

The Federal Trade Commission’s job is to protect the public from deceptive or unfair business practices and from unfair methods of competition through law enforcement, advocacy, research, and education. Today we visit with one of the 5 commissioners at the FTC, commissioner Alvaro Bedoya and talk rural America, agriculture, antitrust, and consumers.    Read Commissioner Bedoya's oped: https://pros...

R-CALF USA's Weekly Address with Bill Bullard    How America Destroyed Her Sheep Industry November 2, 2022 This week’s episode explains the factors that rendered the U.S. sheep industry incapable of producing even half the lamb that Americans consume.

Our nation was founded on the principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, all of which equally apply to our everyday lives and the us cattle industry. We welcome our Texas board member and property rights chair Shad Sullivan to talk liberty, freedom, globalism, and property rights.   This episode is sponsored by Prime Risk Management. Visit their website www.primeriskmanagement.com f...

At R-CALF USA we are big believers in supporting businesses who support you. Today we welcome representatives from Farmer’s Business Network and talk issues America’s ranchers are facing and how to work toward solutions.     Website: www.fbn.com   Call: (877) 204-4645

R-CALF USA's Weekly Address with Bill Bullard    About that RFID Thing September 29, 2022  

The R-CALF USA Weekly Address with Bill Bullard    We Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is September 21, 2022

R-CALF has had so many people that have played a huge part in our success as an organization. One of those being Dr. Max Thornsberry, former R-CALF President and current Parliamentarian, Animal Health Committee Chair and veterinarian joins the podcast to talk animal health in the U.S., the cattle industry around the world, freedom, liberty and MCOOL.       This episode sponsored by Papillon Agricu...

The R-CALF USA Weekly Address with Bill Bullard    The Big Myth September 14, 2022 

R-CALF USA's Weekly Address with Bill Bullard   What’s So Cool About COOL? September 7, 2022  

This episode features R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard as we talk MCOOL and the Label Our Beef Week of Action.

R-CALF USA's Weekly Address with Bill Bullard    And What About Trade?  August 10, 2022

R-CALF USA's Weekly Address with Bill Bullard   It's Bigger Than You Think  August 3, 2022  

R-CALF USA's Weekly Address with Bill Bullard   See Nothing; Hear Nothing; Know Nothing July 27, 2022    

We are so excited to welcome another one of our board members to the podcast, today we talk with Dave Hyde on the importance of information, the checkoff, and his experience with the chicken, hog, and dairy industries why it fuels his passion for cattle industry change.   Show Notes:  Tracy Hunt's GRSB presentation: https://youtu.be/XVXdXsNhcVg

We are constantly seeing the effects of vertical integration and government overreach in our cattle industry. The landscape of rural America is changing, and our communities are feeling those effects. We sat down with R-CALF USA director, Kansas rancher and former sale barn owner, Kyle Hemmert, to talk RFID tags, the beef checkoff, MCOOL and rural America.  

Here at R-CALF, we’ve been working really hard on our outreach and communications efforts. Today join Karina and Jaiden as we discuss the podcast, magazine, important convention updates and details and more on this episode of the R-CALF USA Round Up.

It's a hard time to be an American cattle rancher. When we started this podcast, we wanted these episodes to be real and raw conversations about the things happening in our industry. Sometimes its hard to talk about those struggles ranchers are facing, but Karina sat down with Missouri rancher Coy Young to discuss the new No Rancher Left Behind campaign. 

Cattle producers around the country are feeling the squeeze as the cattle market fails to give them competitive prices for their cattle month after month. Why is the market like this? How do we improve it? We visited with Georgetown professor and economist Nathan Miller to discuss just that.     Read Nathan Miller's ongoing study "Buyer Power in the Beef Packing Industry: An Update on Research in...

Vertical integration, consolidation, monopolies, all phrases and realities American ranchers are becoming very familiar with. In 2014, the Meat Racket hit bookshelves around the country and brought to light the monopoly-dominated structure of the American meat industry. We sat down with the author Christopher Leonard, to discuss his research, consolidation of the meat industry and how the industry...

R-CALF USA's Weekly Address with Bill Bullard   Addressing MCOOL’s Bogeyman     April 27, 2022

With the future of the American cattle industry hanging in the balance and the loss of over half a million cattle producers since 1980, it's clear something has to change. What can we do to help bring back profitability and the beauty of the American cattle industry? How can we learn from the downfalls of the hog and chicken industries? We sat down to talk current legislation, competition, vertica...