R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America is a CPA member, and the cattle group’s CEO, Bill Bullard, is on the CPA board.  The Derry Brownfield Show covers many midwestern agricultural states.  Below is an announcement that Bill Bullard will appear on the show tomorrow, Friday 7/30/10.

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Event Notice

To:                              R-CALF USA Members

Member Contact:      Laurel Masterson, R-CALF USA Membership Services Coordinator
Phone:  406-252-2516

Media Contact:          Shae Dodson-Chambers, R-CALF USA Communications Coordinator
Phone:  406-672-8969

Date:                           July 29, 2010

Re:                              R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard on The Derry Brownfield Show
10:00 a.m. CDT – Friday – July 30
Visit www.derrybrownfield.com to Listen via the Internet;
For Live Coverage, Visit Stations Link Below

R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard will be the guest on Friday’s installment of The Derry Brownfield Show, which airs on dozens of radio stations around the country. Bullard will discuss GIPSA’s proposed competition rule and why the big meatpackers are against it; the current controversy swirling around the Beef Checkoff, and, if time allows, the pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, Colombia and Panama and how they harm the U.S. cattle industry.

To listen in via your radio, please visit this link to see which station in your area carries the show: http://www.derrybrownfield.com/stationlist.html.

R-CALF USA is a one-member/one-vote organization. Voting members must own cattle. Activities carried out by R-CALF USA for the benefit of the U.S. cattle industry are funded exclusively by the independent cattle producers who pay their membership dues and by cattle producers, main-street businesses, and other individuals who participate in and contribute to fund-raising events.

R-CALF USA works on various issues that affect independent U.S. cattle producers, such as country-of-origin labeling, livestock price reporting, animal health concerns, captive supplies and packer ownership of livestock, as well as various trade agreements.

Bill Bullard, CEO of the cattle producer organization R-CALF USA, is also a board member of the Coalition for a Prosperous America.

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CEO Bill Bullard Receives President’s Award
from Nebraska Farmers Union
 
Lincoln, Neb. – At its recent annual convention, the Nebraska Farmers
Union (NEFU) presented R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard with the
organization’s highest honor, the President’s Award, for service to
family farm agriculture.

“Bill Bullard is a man of vision, values, courage and integrity who has tirelessly championed the interests of family farmers and ranchers,” said Nebraska Farmers Union President John Hansen. “He has become a respected national leader on issues facing the cattle industry, including country-of-origin labeling (COOL), concentration and non-competitive marketing practices in the meat packing industry, unfair trade practices and animal health issues.
 
“Bill Bullard is not confused about whether he works for U.S. cow/calf producers or U.S. based international meat packers,” Hansen continued. “Bill Bullard consistently champions the interests of U.S. cow/calf producers. We need that kind of clear and strong leadership at a time when all too many livestock commodity organizations fail to stand up for our traditional American system of independent family farmers and ranchers efficiently and responsibly producing safe, high quality food for our nation. We appreciate his presence on the national stage.”
 
“As R-CALF USA’s CEO, I am honored to accept this award from the Nebraska Farmers Union, an organization that has been aggressively fighting to improve the economic condition of Nebraska farmers and ranchers even longer than R-CALF USA has been in existence,” Bullard said. “I appreciate NEFU’s strong leadership on key cattle market and cattle trade-related issues, both in the state and nationally, and look forward maximizing our individual organizational strengths by working together.”
 
Bullard joined R-CALF USA in April 2001 as its chief executive officer. The group is headquartered in Billings, Mont., and has members in 47 states. Before joining R-CALF USA, Bullard served as the executive director of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. He also previously worked for the National Farmers Union, the Oklahoma Farmers Union and the Nebraska Farmers Union.
 
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R-CALF USA (Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America) is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the continued profitability and viability of the U.S. cattle industry. R-CALF USA represents thousands of U.S. cattle producers on trade and marketing issues. Members are located across 47 states and are primarily cow/calf operators, cattle backgrounders, and/or feedlot owners. R-CALF USA directors and committee chairs are extremely active unpaid volunteers. R-CALF USA has dozens of affiliate organizations and various main-street businesses are associate members. For more information, visit www.r-calfusa.com  or, call 406-252-2516.