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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
bcfeb6b3-41d1-4796-831b-37be46bbc5a8
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-05-18 19:18:17
Income (reported)
—
Expenses (reported)
$50,000
Expenses method
A
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov
Registrant (lobbying firm)

R-CALF UNITED STOCKGROWERS OF AMERICA

National, non-profit cattle-producer association

Contact
BILL BULLARD
Phone
+1 406-252-2516
Address
zip:59107, city:BILLINGS, state:MT, street:P.O. BOX 30715
Client

R-CALF UNITED STOCKGROWERS OF AMERICA

State
MT
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
2007-08-30
Issues lobbied + lobbyists (14)

DEF — Defense

Monitoring the Powder River Training Area to ensure that livestock operations are not disrupted by low-flying military aircraft. Working to secure approval from the U.S. Dept. of Defense to purchase only beef and lamb that is born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Air Force, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

FOO — Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

Working to restore U.S. production and safety standards that were relaxed following the U.S. entry into the World Trade Organization. Working to promote more local and regional meat packing plants.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

HOM — Homeland Security

Working to implement tariffs and tariff rate quotas to ensure the U.S. maintains near self-sufficiency in the production of beef and lamb. Working to prevent the release of the live foot-and-mouth disease virus in the United States and preventing the introduction of New World screwworm.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Working to enforce U.S. antitrust laws and laws at both the packing level and retail level and to prohibit anticompetitive conduct such as those enumerated in the Packers and Stockyards Act.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; White House Office

TAR — Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

Seeking Section 201 tariffs for the sheep industry and Section 232 tariffs for both the cattle and sheep industries. Working to introduce legislation to reduce imported beef and lamb by establishing phased-in tariff rate quotas and higher in-quota tariffs.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)

Working to reform trade policies to reverse the ongoing trade deficits in the cattle, beef, sheep, and lamb industries.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

BUD — Budget/Appropriations

Working to prevent riders in the appropriation process that would prevent needed rulemakings under the Packers and Stockyards Act and to secure sufficient funding for the Dept. of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; White House Office

RES — Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

Working to preserve the water and grazing rights of livestock ranchers who operate on federally managed lands. Working to expand grazing opportunities for new and existing ranchers.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

NAT — Natural Resources

Working to restore grazing as a preferred use of federally managed lands.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; White House Office

AGR — Agriculture

R-CALF USA works on issues impacting U.S. cattle and sheep producers, including seeking trade policy reform, enforcing antitrust laws and Packers and Stockyards Act, supporting country of origin labeling for beef, opposing mandatory electronic identification of cattle, reforming the beef checkoff program, and protecting U.S. livestock herds from the introduction of foreign animal diseases, including the New World Screwworm. Addressing wolf predation.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

ANI — Animals

Working to protect the U.S. livestock industry from foreign animal diseases and pests such as foot-and-mouth disease and New World Screwworm (NWS) by pursuing bans on fresh beef from Paraguay and other countries not free of FMD and closing the Mexican border to livestock imports until the NWS is eradicated from Mexico. Working to secure tariffs and tariff rate quotas on cattle, beef, sheep, and lamb, including in the review of the USMCA. Working to reestablish previous import standards on countries from which the U.S. imports live cattle. Working to protect livestock from wolf predation.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

CDT — Commodities (big ticket)

Working to reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling for beef and imposing tariffs and tariff rate quotas for countries that persistently maintain a trade surplus in cattle, beef, sheep and lamb.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

CAW — Clean Air and Water (quality)

Working to limit the reach of the Waters of the United States proposal to only navigable waters.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

CON — Constitution

Working to uphold the private property rights of U.S. cattle and sheep farmers and ranchers as protected by the U.S. Constitution.

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; White House Office

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