OCM 2012: Callicrate vs. USDA: Lawsuit claims beef checkoff paying for lobbying
Daniel D. Owen – Polsinelli Shughart PC August 10, 2012 | Filing Date for Complaint for Permanent Injunction MICHAEL P. CALLICRATE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (PDF) Mike...
View ArticleObama’s Game of Chicken
The untold story of how the administration tried to stand up to big agricultural companies on behalf of independent farmers, and lost. By Lina Khan | Print (PDF) In May 2010, Garry Staples left his...
View ArticleOCM Says They’ll Take OIG To Court Over Beef Check Off Information
Posted on August 13, 2013 | Tom Riter, WNAX Radio 570 Listen to interview: Organization for Competitive Market members just wrapped up their convention in Kansas City and are pushing for getting NCBA...
View ArticleVilsack will possibly go down as the worst Ag Secretary
“The other side knows a million ways to kill a bill at every step along the way … we’ve only have three ways to get it passed, fight like hell, pile enough people against the door and scream like mad”...
View ArticleConfronting The Lie: Open Letter to Steve Dittmer
June 24, 2014 Dear Mr. Dittmer, After reading Mike Callicrate’s article about you in the OCM newsletter, I feel compelled to respond to your recent blog about me and the good hardworking employees at...
View ArticleRanchers take on the beef industry over mandatory checkoff payments
By MIKE McGRAW and PEGGY LOWE | Harvest Public Media NEMAHA COUNTY, Kan. – From their small farms set in the rolling hills of northeast Kansas, two ranchers are raising a few cattle — and a lot of...
View ArticleThis is so NOT COOL!
Download the poster to print and share! Groups Criticize Ag Secretary for Allowing Checkoff-funded NCBA to Attack COOL Washington, D.C. – In a graphic issued today, R-CALF USA and the Organization for...
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