Feb 19
The 2022 Agricultural Census was just released. We use census data to track the trajectories of the critical infrastructure needed to maintain a viable domestic cattle and sheep industry. It’s unfortunate but we have to wait every five years for the publication of a new census to gather the necessary data. The news from this …
Aug 29
R-CALF USA just completed its 24th annual convention held August 17 – 18 in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was a huge success with about 350 members in attendance and over 2,000 viewers watching and listening over the internet live streaming service provided by CattleUSA. Next year we’re moving our convention up to June 20 …
Aug 28
The 24th Annual R-CALF USA National Convention themed “American Spirit” ended last week in Rapid City, South Dakota, after two impactful days of remarkable speakers, a producer-aimed trade show and a variety of networking opportunities. Hundreds of American cattle and sheep farmers and ranchers from across the nation gathered in the Black Hills to learn …
Jul 18
Dutch farmers’ advocate and internationally renowned political commentator, Eva Vlaardingerbroek of Amsterdam, Netherlands, will give a keynote address “The Global War on Farming: Control the Food, Control the People” at R-CALF USA’s 24th Annual National Convention and Trade Show in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Friday, Aug. 18. Vlaardingerbroek is known worldwide as one of …
Jul 17
R-CALF USA President Brett Kenzy represented the thousands of farmer/rancher members of his organization at a food and agriculture stakeholders roundtable at the White House to discuss competition priorities in the reauthorization of the Farm Bill. The event was co-hosted by the White House National Economic Council, White House Office of Public Engagement, and the …
Jun 29
Wasn’t long ago and you could travel throughout the western United States and one of your most common sightings would have been sheep…lots of sheep. For those of you that like data, 81 years ago, in 1942, the people population in the U.S. was about 135 million. And the sheep population was 56 million. That …
Jun 01
On March 23, 2023, ABC News ran a story titled “Paraguay launches corruption probe of former president: Paraguay’s attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into U.S. allegations that a former Paraguayan president and the current vice president were involved in corruption and had ties to terrorists.” So, in the wake of U.S. allegations of …
May 23
When was the last time a ranch group went public and said that despite grandiose reports from the pharmaceutical industry and government about the safety of a novel and yet unapproved synthetically produced immunization delivery system for cattle, in this case messenger ribonucleic acid or mRNA, that the truthful answer is we don’t yet know …
Apr 13
Earlier this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack responded to a congressional inquiry regarding why the federal government was still awarding meat procurement contracts to the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, whose Brazilian parent company pleaded guilty to bribery. The Secretary responded by stating the removal of such a firm from government-wide procurement contracts would adversely affect …
Mar 30
The cattle industry is the largest segment of American agriculture, and beef derived from cattle is the second most consumed livestock protein in the United States. Despite its obvious importance, just three years ago consumers went to their grocery stores and for the first time they could not buy the beef they needed for their …
