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“Voices Rising from the Land” “Addressing the Threats to Independent Family Agriculture.” August 10, 2012 – 14th Annual OCM Food and Agriculture Conference, Kansas City, MO View Press Conference Video Welcome, Introductions, Opening Remarks Fred Stokes, OCM President PANEL – SETBACKS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS (From Left to Right) Fred Stokes, J. Dudley Butler, Bob Taylor and Bill Bullard J. Dudley Butler – GIPSA Rule Butler has recently returned to the practice…

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 Callicrate is the named plaintiff in the lawsuit filed against the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) and the CBB’s Beef Promotion Operating Committee. Callicrate is the owner of a meat packing facility and retail…

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