1999

December 1999 Releases

December 21, 1999:

NFU Joins "Family Farm Tribute" Initiative

December 21, 1999:

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 1999 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 1999 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 1999 Releases

September 29, 1999:

Shortline Failure Blamed on CN's Refusal to Negotiate

September 24, 1999:

Farmers To Intervene In Scientists' Charter Challenge

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 1999 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 1999 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 1999 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 1999 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 1999 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 Farmers 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 1999 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 1999 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 1999 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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