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Successful R-CALF Fundraiser

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December 6, 2006


Copy By: Judie Manuel, National Membership Co-Chair

Media Contact: Shae Dodson, Communications Coordinator
Phone: 406-672-8969; e-mail: [email protected] For Immediate Release


Fund-Raiser Breaks $11,000


Lewistown, Mont. – Lester and Carol Sluggett of Roy, Mont., and Lyle and Julie Deegan, of Moccasin, Mont., organized a very successful R-CALF USA fund-raiser on Nov. 7 at the Lewistown Livestock Auction, as more than $11, 000 was gathered from the 100-plus ranchers and agri-businesses that participated in the event.



“Special thanks go to Lyle and Jan Allen of Lewistown Livestock Auction,” noted Carol Sluggett. “They have stood with ranchers since the start of R-CALF.”



”This is the second R-CALF USA fund-raiser in Montana this fall, with each one grossing over the $10,000 mark,” explained Lyle Deegan. “It makes one proud to see the growing support for our national cattle organization: R-CALF USA.”



R-CALF USA Co-Founder and Past President Leo McDonnell, of Columbus, Mont., spoke at the event and told the crowd that the organization has come a long way in building a national voice for the U.S. rancher.



“You are the largest segment of the cattle/beef industry, and it’s irrational from a business standpoint not to have a strong, clear voice for our segment of the industry – independent of downstream segments that benefit from suppressed cattle prices and socially integrated production models,” McDonnell said.



McDonnell also commented that in the 1990s, ranchers were told that it was not possible to pass Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) through Congress, but R-CALF USA went to work and got COOL signed into law through the 2002 Farm Bill. Also along the way, he noted, U.S. cattle producers found out their greatest opposition was not Congress, but from within our industry instead.



McDonnell added that also in the ‘90s, ranchers were told imports were not hurting U.S. producers even though the low of the cycle was extended by increasing import supplies. However, he explained, the May 2003 Canadian BSE, which caused the United States to ban Canadian cattle and beef imports, caused U.S. fed cattle to move from a $67/cwt average in 2002 to $100/cwt by the fall of 2003.



“There’s nothing like seeing a real-time market function – along with improved demand transparencies for U.S. cattle – to take the spin out of some of the nonsense we’ve witnessed surrounding the impacts of imports”.



McDonnell also noted it was because of R-CALF that USDA backed down from making its proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS) mandatory.



“It makes no sense to burden ranchers with such a costly program, and at the same time, liberalize our import standards to those foreign countries that are sources of animal-disease contamination,” McDonnell continued. “This is not sound science, and it allows the government to come in and manage your business, as well as interfering with commerce and potentially taking the premiums out of individual source-verification programs.”



McDonnell also noted the United States’ ability to maintain high safety standards on imports have been compromised by the fragmented voice this industry sends to Capitol Hill, and unfortunately, our ability to implement COOL has been compromised by these fragmented messages. The ability for U.S. ranchers to receive meaningful safeguards and other risk-protection tools in free trade agreements (FTAs) will continue to be compromised as long as it is perceived those in our industry are sending two conflicting messages.



“One thing has become very clear,” he said, “That elusive ‘level playing field’ in global trade is being tipped farther away from you – not because you haven’t done your homework and not because you don’t have a responsible, positive solution-oriented trade message, but because your message as U.S. producers is being compromised by groups within your own industry.”



“Many of the issues we face today are billion-dollar issues that will shape the future and structure of our industry,” McDonnell concluded. “There are a lot of dogs after the bone, and it is important U.S. ranchers continue to have representation at a national level that helps them achieve their goals. That’s the purpose of R-CALF.”



Thanks to the following contributors to the Lewistown event: Lewistown Tire Factory; Central Montana Co-Op; Lester and Carol Sluggett; Dean Newton Cadillac-GMC; Fred and Leslie Colver; Dale Cox; Patrick and Neta Fordyce; Ron and Cathy Dvorak; Basin State Bank; Nutra Lawn; Fergus County Federal Credit Union; Courtesy Chevrolet Pontiac Buick; Edgewood Building Supplies; Don's; West Feed Co.; Lewistown Propane; Fleet Wholesale; Stockton Oil Co.; Ace Hardware; Central Montana Panels; Moccasin Mountain Art Gallery; Shobe Auction and Reality; Westfeed's Moorman's; Walt and Judie Manuel; Big Dry Saddlery; Moodie Implement; Torgerson's; Lewistown Honda; Stevenson's Diamond Dot; Hilltop Angus; Arntzen Angus; Baird Angus; Stevenson Angus; First National Bank of Lewistown; Wells Fargo Bank; Rex Bohn; Robert and Kathie Fink; Mel and Judy Hoge; Roy Peters; Roger Peters; Bill Mikkelson; Grimsrud Farms; Michael and Eva Wickens; Roy and Lisa Koch; Mark and Terry Lewis; Russ and Delilah Duffy; Lyle and Julie Deegan; Edward Butcher; Walter and Clara Vannoy; Ayers Colony; William and Gloria Miller; Jerry, Shelly and Andy Van Haur; Matt Fisher; and Pete Walters.



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R-CALF USA (Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America) is a national, non-profit organization and is 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 both domestic and international 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 has more than 60 affiliate organizations and various main-street businesses are associate members. For more information, visit www.r-calfusa.com or, call 406-252-2516.
 

HAY MAKER

Well-known member
Thank you for posting this OT,it dont get any plainer than that................good luck

PLEASE SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT YOU.
 
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McDonnell added that also in the ‘90s, ranchers were told imports were not hurting U.S. producers even though the low of the cycle was extended by increasing import supplies. However, he explained, the May 2003 Canadian BSE, which caused the United States to ban Canadian cattle and beef imports, caused U.S. fed cattle to move from a $67/cwt average in 2002 to $100/cwt by the fall of 2003.

Feeder cattle prices reached their peak in the fall of 2005 WITH AN OPENED CANADIAN BORDER TO BOTH BEEF AND LIVE CATTLE proving what a bunch of mindless crap it is to suggest that these prices were driven by a closed Canadian border. BOLD FACED LIES!


McDonnell also noted it was because of R-CALF that USDA backed down from making its proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS) mandatory.

After these same hypocrites had said consumers should have the right to know where their beef comes from????

The USDA backed down from Mandatory ID because THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY supported a voluntary program not because the R-CULT hypocrites, who said consumers should have the right to know where their beef comes from, changed their position.

Keep donating those big bucks boys. R-CULT can't win a court case on conspiracy theories but their lawyers sure appreciate your dollars.


~SH~
 

Bill

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A question for anyone else who cares to answer.

Did US feeder calf prices reach their high with an open Canadian border?
 
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Bill said:
A question for anyone else who cares to answer.

Did US feeder calf prices reach their high with an open Canadian border?

They went up-up-up as soon as the border was closed/along with the fats prices.....As far as the exact day they hit the highest I couldn't say- might be tough to tell because markets are so regional....
 

Bill

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Oldtimer said:
Bill said:
A question for anyone else who cares to answer.

Did US feeder calf prices reach their high with an open Canadian border?

They went up-up-up as soon as the border was closed/along with the fats prices.....As far as the exact day they hit the highest I couldn't say- might be tough to tell because markets are so regional....
I didn't ask for the exact date.

Was it with the Canadian border open or closed?
 

don

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looks like r-calf's biggest successes are in fundraising. not much else to show for their efforts.
 
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Bill said:
Oldtimer said:
Bill said:
A question for anyone else who cares to answer.

Did US feeder calf prices reach their high with an open Canadian border?

They went up-up-up as soon as the border was closed/along with the fats prices.....As far as the exact day they hit the highest I couldn't say- might be tough to tell because markets are so regional....
I didn't ask for the exact date.

Was it with the Canadian border open or closed?

Is it open yet today? What do you define open? Open to boxed UTM meat? Open to live UTM cattle- but with a stack of restrictions on the exporter/and importer-feeder- and slaughter plant--- the heifer closure period, etc. etc...I don't think you could say.....
 

Bill

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Oldtimer said:
Bill said:
Oldtimer said:
They went up-up-up as soon as the border was closed/along with the fats prices.....As far as the exact day they hit the highest I couldn't say- might be tough to tell because markets are so regional....
I didn't ask for the exact date.

Was it with the Canadian border open or closed?

Is it open yet today? What do you define open? Open to boxed UTM meat? Open to live UTM cattle- but with a stack of restrictions on the exporter/and importer-feeder- and slaughter plant--- the heifer closure period, etc. etc...I don't think you could say.....
Typical BS from another R-Klanner who can't back up his comments. Lie and mislead but when called upon for the truth, spin and divert.

One more time Dick and this time I'll make it simple enough so even you should be able to understand., Was the high prices for American feeder cattle reached while the US was accepting Canadian feeder cattle into the us of A?

Simple enough Oldtimer? I'm out for the rest of the day so you'll have time to go and babble at the bar over this and consult the rest of the local R-Klan gurus.
 
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Bill said:
Oldtimer said:
Bill said:
I didn't ask for the exact date.

Was it with the Canadian border open or closed?

Is it open yet today? What do you define open? Open to boxed UTM meat? Open to live UTM cattle- but with a stack of restrictions on the exporter/and importer-feeder- and slaughter plant--- the heifer closure period, etc. etc...I don't think you could say.....
Typical BS from another R-Klanner who can't back up his comments. Lie and mislead but when called upon for the truth, spin and divert.

One more time Dick and this time I'll make it simple enough so even you should be able to understand., Was the high prices for American feeder cattle reached while the US was accepting Canadian feeder cattle into the us of A?

Simple enough Oldtimer? I'm out for the rest of the day so you'll have time to go and babble at the bar over this and consult the rest of the local R-Klan gurus.

Like I said its impossible to tell-- some of the cattle that were top priced may have been shipped when the border was open- but were contracted when it was closed... Too many variables to tell the exact day, hour, minute that the highest load in the country sold :roll:

The fact remains- the border closed-- prices went up-up-up--- hitting new records for feeders/fats....Border now only partially open and those prices are going down...Yeah I know there are other factors also affecting the price...

Just imagine what the US feeder/fat prices might be if all that cattle/beef wasn't coming in from Canada/Mexico/Australia/ and all other parts of the world..... :shock: Just imagine what Canada's prices might be if they had another market and didn't have to suck hind teat on the US market, while riding the US producers shirttails... :wink:
 

elwapo

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makes me a little upset to think that I used to buy bulls in Lewistown from some of the rcalf supporters listed until 2003. I was actually thinking of heading down again next year !

PLEASE SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT YOU

I think I will take your advice haymaker!
 

blackjack

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...well ot i know you like to think of us as your little brother but we do pay the same for our consumers goods or maybe more with all the taxes that our lovely govt enjoys up here... and i know with all these subsidies up here you just can't compete...and with all those bad trade agreements mulroney and reagan signed in the eighties...so thats probably why all these herd dispersals are happening up here...the ranchers are all rich so it is time to sell and go put up our feet in the arizona sun... :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
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blackjack said:
...well ot i know you like to think of us as your little brother but we do pay the same for our consumers goods or maybe more with all the taxes that our lovely govt enjoys up here... and i know with all these subsidies up here you just can't compete...and with all those bad trade agreements mulroney and reagan signed in the eighties...so thats probably why all these herd dispersals are happening up here...the ranchers are all rich so it is time to sell and go put up our feet in the arizona sun... :lol: :lol: :lol:

So your saying those ranchers don't need the $175 per head slaughtered that NCBA says we're losing by not exporting to Japan and Asia? :???: Just think how rich those old boys could be if the multinationals hadn't bought out your industry like ours and have control over the government (CFIA), and cattle groups (ABP, CCA, SSGA,NCBA, etal), and you actually had your own market instead of being tied to ours....CFIA and Canada only do what USDA, Washington D.C., and the Packer Boys tell them...

Gee if you guys were testing and actually had a market with Japan (instead of the token # now)- and making $175 head more and were selling culls for $200 more-- them old boys that are so rich and retiring could afford another marquarita or two down there in the sun :wink: :lol:

But none of it will happen as long as everyone just sits back and kiss's those Packer boys hineys........
 

Manitoba_Rancher

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Oldtimer said:
blackjack said:
...well ot i know you like to think of us as your little brother but we do pay the same for our consumers goods or maybe more with all the taxes that our lovely govt enjoys up here... and i know with all these subsidies up here you just can't compete...and with all those bad trade agreements mulroney and reagan signed in the eighties...so thats probably why all these herd dispersals are happening up here...the ranchers are all rich so it is time to sell and go put up our feet in the arizona sun... :lol: :lol: :lol:

So your saying those ranchers don't need the $175 per head slaughtered that NCBA says we're losing by not exporting to Japan and Asia? :???: Just think how rich those old boys could be if the multinationals hadn't bought out your industry like ours and have control over the government (CFIA), and cattle groups (ABP, CCA, SSGA,NCBA, etal), and you actually had your own market instead of being tied to ours....CFIA and Canada only do what USDA, Washington D.C., and the Packer Boys tell them...

Gee if you guys were testing and actually had a market with Japan (instead of the token # now)- and making $175 head more and were selling culls for $200 more-- them old boys that are so rich and retiring could afford another marquarita or two down there in the sun :wink: :lol:

But none of it will happen as long as everyone just sits back and kiss's those Packer boys hineys........

OT, you should find more to do so you wouldnt have so much time to post and mouth it up on here. Without importing any beef into the US from any country in the world would you have enough to keep your consumers happy and at a decent price for them to buy?
 
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Manitoba_Rancher said:
Oldtimer said:
blackjack said:
...well ot i know you like to think of us as your little brother but we do pay the same for our consumers goods or maybe more with all the taxes that our lovely govt enjoys up here... and i know with all these subsidies up here you just can't compete...and with all those bad trade agreements mulroney and reagan signed in the eighties...so thats probably why all these herd dispersals are happening up here...the ranchers are all rich so it is time to sell and go put up our feet in the arizona sun... :lol: :lol: :lol:

So your saying those ranchers don't need the $175 per head slaughtered that NCBA says we're losing by not exporting to Japan and Asia? :???: Just think how rich those old boys could be if the multinationals hadn't bought out your industry like ours and have control over the government (CFIA), and cattle groups (ABP, CCA, SSGA,NCBA, etal), and you actually had your own market instead of being tied to ours....CFIA and Canada only do what USDA, Washington D.C., and the Packer Boys tell them...

Gee if you guys were testing and actually had a market with Japan (instead of the token # now)- and making $175 head more and were selling culls for $200 more-- them old boys that are so rich and retiring could afford another marquarita or two down there in the sun :wink: :lol:

But none of it will happen as long as everyone just sits back and kiss's those Packer boys hineys........

OT, you should find more to do so you wouldnt have so much time to post and mouth it up on here. Without importing any beef into the US from any country in the world would you have enough to keep your consumers happy and at a decent price for them to buy?

We definitely don't need to be importing when the Packers are saying they are slowing down chain speed and cutting back on slaughter because of too much supply and reduced demand...

If the price was where it should be to make it affordable and profitable- we (US producers) would supply enough to feed the country......
 

TimH

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Oldtimer, I can't thank you enough for posting the names of the R-calf supporters on here.
Whenever a drought occurs in Montana and the Dakotas, folks from there usually come around here looking to buy hay. We've sold many thousand tons down there over the years.
Now ,thank$ to you, I know exactly who to charge an extra 35% "dink factor".
:D :D :D :D :D :D
 
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OT: "Like I said its impossible to tell-- some of the cattle that were top priced may have been shipped when the border was open- but were contracted when it was closed... Too many variables to tell the exact day, hour, minute that the highest load in the country sold"

Great job dodging the bullet. Let me answer the question for you OT! In 2004, the Canadian border was closed to live cattle and opened to imported beef. In 2005, the Canadian border was opened to both live cattle and boxed beef imports.

Most calves in your country are sold in the summer and fall and delivered in the fall of the year pending no drought. Feeder cattle prices in 2005 with an opened Canadian border to boxed beef and live cattle were higher than in 2004 with a Canadian border closed to live cattle and opened to boxed beef. That is an absolute unrefuted fact which BLOWS HUGE HOLES IN YOUR SHALLOW MARKET EVALUATION THEORIES.


OT: "The fact remains- the border closed-- prices went up-up-up--- hitting new records for feeders/fats....Border now only partially open and those prices are going down...Yeah I know there are other factors also affecting the price..."

If you know there is other factors affecting cattle markets, why do you R-CULTers single out one factor and try to atribute higher cattle prices to it? How stupid is that?

You did the same thing this year claiming the lower feeder cattle prices were due to Canadian imports WHEN ANY FEEDER CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE ADVANCE IN CORN PRICES.

Stupid, shallow, R-CULT market evaluations from those who simply repeat what they hear and what they want to believe instead of thinking for themselves and evaluating all the market factors.


OT: "Just imagine what the US feeder/fat prices might be if all that cattle/beef wasn't coming in from Canada/Mexico/Australia/ and all other parts of the world..... Just imagine what Canada's prices might be if they had another market and didn't have to suck hind teat on the US market, while riding the US producers shirttails."

Cattle prices would be lower than they are because Canada would ship directly to Japan and absorb that market but you R-CULT import blamers simply do not know enough about trade to form sound opinions on it.

We've told you that Australian lean trimmings are not negative to our market a hundred times and you still repeat the R-CULT mantra. Lean trimmings are not a high dollar item and retailers have no trouble moving cheap 70/30 hamburger which used to be worthless 50/50 trim until we imported cheap lean trimmings to blend with it.

It's real unfortunate that the ignorance in this industry has such a strong voice and corrupts so many minds that would be much better served with truth and facts.


~SH~
 

blackjack

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...it would maybe be nice to see if the testing of otm's would work ot...but you have seen and read govt and the cattle ass. think they know best...that is why so many guys are packing it in...there is better money to be made in the patchhere in alberta for the kids... so many feel there is no longer the need to keep the old cows around...actually maybe it is just progress of the times but anyone with somewhat of a rational that cannot see the old system is broke are in denial ...the ranch may produce more farm income but the actual real dollars are not keeping up to the inflation...so sure it would be nice to see an effort to get those 200 dollars an animal back and some are trying... there is one group left at the grassroot level that may have some pull with govt so those of us that will be around for awhile may make something happen...but only time will tell...and for some... time already as ran out...
 

HAY MAKER

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blackjack said:
...it would maybe be nice to see if the testing of otm's would work ot...but you have seen and read govt and the cattle ass. think they know best...that is why so many guys are packing it in...there is better money to be made in the patchhere in alberta for the kids... so many feel there is no longer the need to keep the old cows around...actually maybe it is just progress of the times but anyone with somewhat of a rational that cannot see the old system is broke are in denial ...the ranch may produce more farm income but the actual real dollars are not keeping up to the inflation...so sure it would be nice to see an effort to get those 200 dollars an animal back and some are trying... there is one group left at the grassroot level that may have some pull with govt so those of us that will be around for awhile may make something happen...but only time will tell...and for some... time already as ran out...

May be time for a change ? the leadership of your cattle mans assc/groups may be packer influenced? seems to me what you are doing ,aint working,and with R CALF becoming stronger,M COOL a given and the packer reform act passage just a matter of time,might be time for a new direction ?...............good luck
 
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CattleNetwork_Today 2/6/2007 3:11:00 PM


R-CALF: Lemmon Livestock Raises Almost $6,000 for National Organization



Lemmon, S.D. – Lemmon Livestock hosted a rollover calf sale fund-raiser here last week that generated almost $6,000 for R-CALF USA – just one of many such events the auction house has held in the past to benefit the national organization.



R-CALF USA Southeastern Field Coordinator John West said almost everyone in the ring bid on the calf, and the animal sold about 25 times.



West spoke to the crowd about the many issues R-CALF USA continues to work on, including animal identification, Beef Checkoff reform, marketing concerns, mandatory country-of-origin labeling, (M-COOL), health and safety issues regarding import standards, Canada’s problems with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), as well as USDA’s proposal to open the border to older Canadian cattle.



“I sure appreciate Paul Huffman and his crew for donating the calf, and the producers and businesses that were so generous in their participation – especially during such cold weather,” West said. “It was a good crowd. They were really engaged. The producers seemed to put equal importance on all of our issues, but the entire Canadian border situation – in that part of the country – well, producers really key in on that issue.



“It was a real pleasure to get to interact with South Dakota producers,” West concluded. “Their dedication to the industry and to R-CALF is unparalleled.”



A special thanks to the following contributors: South West Grain, Lemmon; Maher Angus Ranch, Dan & Casey Maher; Dacotah Bank, Lemmon; Jerry Kling and Arlene Kling, Morristown; Dave Lensegrav, Meadow; Morris Ham, Lemmon; Lemmon Livestock; Great Western Bank, Morristown; Vance Benson, Keldron; Bank of the West, Lemmon; Tom Arndorfer, Hettinger; Huffman Sales & Car Wash, Lemmon; Bernie Kling, Keldron; Gary Even, Keldron; Kris Ferguson, Meadow; Doug Dietterle, Meadow; Mike Lyon, Lemmon; Arlene Kling, Morristown; Jay Evenson, Thunder Hawk; Mike Beer, Keldron; John Merriman, Lemmon; Maier Trucking, Morristown.
 
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