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February 12, 2021 In News

Sidney Herald: Court grants R-CALF motion in beef checkoff case for attorney fees, costs

Yesterday, a U.S. district court in Montana granted R-CALF USA's motion for $145,428.08 in legal fees and $5,344.17 in costs the group incurred in procuring a preliminary injunction in its beef checkoff case against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that effectively stopped the agency...

February 1, 2020 In News

The Wisconsin State Farmer: Summary judgment issued against R-CALF in checkoff case

“The Magistrate held that for decades USDA had been violating producers’ rights and the Constitution by turning over money to unaccountable state beef councils."...

image of a wendys burger ad paid for by checkoff

September 30, 2019 In Blog

How Beef Companies Use the Checkoff to Squeeze Ranchers

The checkoff is a federal tax that forces ranchers to pay $1 per head every time cattle are sold, half of which is used in Montana and other states to fund the advertisements of the private, corporate run “state beef councils.” This is a form...

September 25, 2019 In Cases

Beef Checkoff (R-CALF v. Vilsack and R-CALF v. USDA)

R-CALF challenges the checkoff’s First Amendment violations (R-CALF v. Vilsack et al., D. Mont.) We were lead counsel on behalf of the nation’s largest organization of independent cattle producers, R-CALF USA, in a suit raising a First Amendment challenge to the administration of the Beef Checkoff...

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Sidney Herald: Court grants R-CALF motion in beef checkoff case for attorney fees, costs

The Wisconsin State Farmer: Summary judgment issued against R-CALF in checkoff case

How Beef Companies Use the Checkoff to Squeeze Ranchers

Beef Checkoff (R-CALF v. Vilsack and R-CALF v. USDA)

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