Author: Pat Craycraft

August 21, 2021 Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza 505 N. 5th Street Rapid City, SD Hotel Reservations:  Holiday Inn (605) 348-4000 or Howard Johnson (605) 737-4656 Ask for the ‘R-CALF USA’ Rate ($119.00) We will be forgoing our usual Convention this year, but in compliance with our bylaws, will have an Open Annual Membership Meeting in Rapid City, SD on June 21st.  This will follow R-CALF USA’s annual convention which many of our board directors and members will be Read More …

OCM’s Press Conference of OFF ACT to reform USDA’s Runaway Checkoff Program, Washington, D.C. – June 30, 2021 The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act will bring much-needed accountability and transparency to USDA’s checkoff programs which have operated without sufficient oversight for far too long,” said Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev. “Family farmers should not be forced to pay into organizations that sometimes lobby against their interests and threaten animal welfare.”  “The USDA’s Checkoff Program was supposed to ensure American Read More …