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NEWS ARCHIVE FOR 1999
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December Releases:
DECEMBER 21,1999
- NFU Joins "Family Farm Tribute" Initiative
- Farmers Beware of Railway Mergers
DECEMBER 17,1999
- Farmers Need Cooperation Among Provincial Politicians: NFU
DECEMBER 10,1999
- Telephone Lobby Campaign "Outstanding Success"
DECEMBER 8,1999
- Revenue Cap Flawed
DECEMBER 8,1999
- National Telephone Lobby Organized
DECEMBER 7, 1999
- Farmers Lobby Ottawa by Phone
DECEMBER 6,1999
- WTO Talks Fail as a Result of Pressure From all Corners
DECEMBER 3,1999
- Canadian WTO Negotiators in Seattle Are A Long Way From Rural Canada
DECEMBER 1,1999
- NFU Joins WTO Demonstrations in Seattle
November Releases:
NOVEMBER 27, 1999
- Two Exciting Elections At NFU Convention
NOVEMBER 25, 1999
- Rural Sociologist Tells NFU That The Privatization Of Knowledge Leads To Dependency And Bankruptcy
NOVEMBER 25, 1999
- NFU National Convention Begins Today
NOVEMBER 25, 1999
- Who Says Grain Prices Don't Rise?
NOVEMBER 23, 1999
- Joint Canada-U.S. Ag Conference Productive: NFU
NOVEMBER 1, 1999
- NFU Supports Freeze On Registration Of GE Crops
October Releases:
OCTOBER 8, 1999
- NFU Warns of Higher Input Costs at Propane Company Merger Tribunal
OCTOBER 7,1999
- NFU Questions CGC Appointment
OCTOBER 5, 1999
- Kroeger Releases Report, NFU Releases Analysis
September Releases:
SEPTEMBER 24,1999
- Farmers To Intervene In Scientists' Charter Challenge
SEPTEMBER 29, 1999
- Shortline Failure Blamed on CN's Refusal to Negotiate
SEPTEMBER 22, 1999
- Kroeger Fails To Achieve Consensus: $224 Million of Farmers' Money Still on the Table
SEPTEMBER 16, 1999
- NFU Supports Call For FCC Lease Extension
SEPTEMBER 14, 1999
- CGC Inspection Saves Canadian Quality Reputation ... Again
August Releases:
AUGUST 26,1999
- Farmers Object To Government Ramming Through Environmental Legislation
AUGUST 19,1999
- NFU Withdraws From Kroeger/Estey Talks
AUGUST 13,1999
- Family Farm Survival Vital To All, Farmers Agree
AUGUST 3,1999
- NFU Outlines Farmers' Transportation Needs To Ministers
July Releases:
JULY 30,1999
- Prarie Pasta Decision The Right One For Farmers
JULY 6,1999
- NFU Members Protest in Prince Albert: Meet With A.G. Minister
JULY 2,1999
- Farmers Hail International "Hands-Off" Decision On Milk Hormone
JULY 2,1999
- Farmers Want Their $224 Million
June Releases:
JUNE 24,1999
- Competition: An Estey Mistake or Railway Deception?
JUNE 17,1999
- CGC Grain Inspection Puts Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Farmers' Pockets
JUNE 15,1999
- Wrong on Crow, Wrong on Estey
JUNE 10,1999
- NFU Will Resist Creeping Gas Order In Collenette/Kroeger/Estey Process
JUNE 9,1999
- NFU Requests Relief For Flooded Farmers
JUNE 7,1999
- Estey Recommendations Will Exacerbate Global Warming
JUNE 2,1999
- Arthur Kroeger Has A Little Unfinished Business
May Releases:
MAY 25,1999
- Collenette Has The Power To Put $5,000 In The Pocket Of Every Western Farm Family - He Refuses To Do So
MAY 17,1999
- Railways Rewarded For Shafting Farmers
MAY 13,1999
- Collenette To Implement Estey
MAY 10,1999
- Bio-Tech Companies Must Pay For Genetic Pollution
MAY 6,1999
- NFU Calls For Public Inquiry Into Health Canada's Actions On Growth Hormone
April Releases:
APRIL 27,1999
- NFU Discusses WTO With House Of Commons Committee
APRIL 23,1999
- Canadian and American Farmers Agree: The Problem is not the Farmer's on the Other Side of the Line
APRIL 21,1999
- NFU Tells Health Minister: Represent Public's Views on Food Safety
APRIL 16,1999
- Pro-Estey Camp Uses Bad Math
APRIL 7,1999
- Prarie Farm Commodity Coalition Misrepresent Membership
APRIL 1,1999
- Majority Of Farmers Support A Costing Review
APRIL 1,1999
- Elections Canada Must Conduct CWB Recount
March Releases:
MARCH 29,1999
- NFU Meets With CGC Chief Commissioner; Calls For Hearings
MARCH 23,1999
- Inaccurate Protein Testers May Be Costing Farmers Millions
February Releases:
FEBRUARY 24,1999
- Pork Links Kicks Off Today
FEBRUARY 22,1999
- Ag Committee Chair John Harvard Voices Support For CGC
FEBRUARY 16,1999
- Federal Budget Contains No Money Because Government Has No Plan
FEBRUARY 16,1999
- Saskatoon Rural-Urban Forum A Great Success
FEBRUARY 15,1999
- Farm Aid Package Must Meet Farmers Needs
FEBRUARY 4,1999
- Grain Commission Employees Defend Farmers
January Releases:
JANUARY 18,1999
- The Estey Report: What CP wants, CP gets
JANUARY 15,1999
- Ban On Bovine Growth Hormone A Victory For Canadian Cows, Farmers, and Consumers
JANUARY 12,1999
- NFU Calls For Extension On Estey Comment Deadline
JANUARY 5,1999
- CGC Program Review Should Raise Alarm Bells For Farmers
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