R-CALF USA hosted its 23rd Annual National Convention “Code of the West” in Deadwood, South Dakota, Aug. 18-19, 2022. At least 25 states were represented with about 400 cattle producers, consumers and industry representatives in attendance. Several thousand additional guests viewed the convention through online streaming, which enabled the convention to reach far into cattle county.
The convention focused on industry reforms needed to assist the nation’s cattle producers who are facing extraordinary hardships due to widespread drought, the ongoing horizontal and vertical…