- This Cattleman's Got A Beef
Photo: Sean Cayton - 2003People producing good food from happy animals, while improving the environment, shouldn’t have to fear the government.
Photo above featured in a 2003 article: This cattleman's got a beef, Mike Callicrate and Ranch Foods Direct take on the big meat packers by Kathryn Eastburn - Great Ranches of the West
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"An eye opening and heart touching portrait of a culture and industry that we are in great danger of losing. This book will help readers understand the urgency of preserving the Western ranchlands inhabited by families and rural communities that provide nourishing food for our nation, preserve a healthy natural environment and entrust that great American values will endure."
- Mike Callicrate
An Endangered Species
Every month 1,000 ranches go out of production.
It's the national security issue that no one is talking about.
Tag Archives: meat packers
Stop the Strip Mining of Rural America With Commodity Checkoffs
Update, August 15, 2012 – See the following article from 2010: After campaign promises to fix agricultural markets and multiple hearings proving the dire need for immediate anti-trust law enforcement, the Obama administration did nothing. The departure of antitrust cops … Continue reading
Rep Frank Lucas – Who can you trust on the GIPSA rules?
“I, along with many, if not most lifelong cattle producers, certainly have a different perspective on the proposed GIPSA rule (the proposed competition rule by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration) then that of the Chairman of the U.S. … Continue reading
Cattlemen Lose a Real Champion
I’ve heard Johnny Smith say more than once, “Right’s right and Wrong’s wrong!” From the sale ring to the kill floor to the court room and congress, Johnny constantly fought corruption and spoke truth to abusive power. Johnny was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Callicrate, competitive markets, Johnny Smith, meat packers, R-CALF
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