2401 Montana Avenue, Suite 301, Billings, MT 59101
Phone 406-252-9672 | Fax 406-252-1092 | Email billings@worc.org
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“Under these rules, even small cow-calf operators like me would need a federal permit.” — Former WORC chairwoman Linda Rauser, complaining in 2001 to The Grand Forks Herald that pollution laws aimed at “factory” farms shouldn’t apply to her and her friends
“WORC’s [data] significantly misrepresents the actual level of captive supply on a national basis.” — A 2002 report from the USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packer and Stockyards Administration, describing WORC’s flawed science
“John Smillie, program director for WORC… testified [in federal court] that WORC did not poll its membership to determine if a majority would support legal action challenging the constitutionality of the beef checkoff. (Emphasis added)” — From a January 2002 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association press release, which also noted that 72 percent of all beef producers polled support the USDA’s beef checkoff program
“Political capital almost always takes precedence over monetary capital… Our means of generating political capital includes… acquiring national and local recognition in the media, and instigating and enabling public outcry and pressure.” — Skip Waters, chairman of the Western Organization of Resource Councils, in February 2002
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