February 10, 2020
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Resource Materials
farmers and ranchers
February 4, 2020
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Resource Materials
Farmland Access Legal Toolkit
The Farmland Access Legal Toolkit is a comprehensive resource from Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, designed to help farmers and landowners affordably access, transfer, and conserve farmland.
February 1, 2020
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News
The Wisconsin State Farmer: Summary judgment issued against R-CALF in checkoff case
“The Magistrate held that for decades USDA had been violating producers’ rights and the Constitution by turning over money to unaccountable state beef councils.”
September 30, 2019
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Blog
How Beef Companies Use the Checkoff to Squeeze Ranchers
The checkoff is a federal tax that forces ranchers to pay $1 per head every time cattle are sold, half of which is used in Montana and other states to fund the advertisements of the private, corporate run “state beef councils.” This is a form of compelled speech that is not only regressive — it’s unconstitutional.
September 30, 2019
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Resource Materials
Checkoff Plaintiffs’ Brief in support of MSJ
Case: Beef Checkoff Case (R-CALF USA v. Perdue)
September 30, 2019
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Resource Materials
Checkoff Amended Supplemental Pleading
Case: Beef Checkoff Case (R-CALF USA v. Perdue)
September 30, 2019
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Resource Materials
Checkoff Complaint
Case: Beef Checkoff Case (R-CALF USA v. Perdue)
September 25, 2019
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Cases
Beef Checkoff Case (R-CALF USA v. Perdue)
We are lead counsel on behalf of the nation’s largest organization of independent cattle producers, R-CALF USA, in a suit raising a First Amendment challenge to the administration of the beef checkoff in Montana. We are arguing that although the federal government mandates all ranchers pay…