date:Aug 11, 2012
Mike Callicrate is the plaintiff in the lawsuit, and 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 market called Ranch Direct Foods in Colorado Springs, Colo. He also is vice president of OCM.
Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that the NCBA receives a large majority of checkoff funded projects. The lawsuit alleges that the CBB operatin