Letters

Letter: CGC, mandate to protect farmers’ interests, are essential

Over the past several months, Agriculture Canada and the grain companies, in concert with the current senior staff of the CGC, have been re-writing the Canada Grain Act, mostly behind closed doors . Grain company foxes are advising on how to guard the producers’ hen house.

French politicians should not ratify CETA

We echo our French counterparts’ call on members of the National Assembly and Senate to vote against ratifying CETA because it does not offer safeguards needed to fight the major social problems of the 21st century: climate change and social inequality.

NFU letter supportive of GROW Program

The Growing Outcomes in Watersheds (GROW) Program is a step in the right direction to help Manitoba farmers become a bigger part of the climate solution

Letter – National Local Food Day

NFU urges passage of Bill C-281

The establishment of a National Local Food day is a further step toward Food Sovereignty and codifies the importance of local food and farms within Canadian Society.

NFU President congratulates Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau on her appointment as Agriculture Minister

The National Farmers Union is pleased to have the opportunity to welcome Minister Bibeau, and wishes her success in her new position.

Letter to Prime Minister urging Canada not to sign new NAFTA agreement in its present form

November 29, 2018 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Prime Minister, Re: NFU urges Canada to not sign new NAFTA agreement on November 30, 2018 The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges Canada not to sign the new NAFTA agreement in Buenos Aires

NFU letter to CGC Commissioners re: Eastern wheat class

Our wheat class system is designed to serve our customers by matching end-uses with wheat classes. The proposed new merit-less class is not in the interests of producers for many reasons.

Requesting CFIA to publish location of genetically modified wheat field trials

"The recently reported incident where wheat plants with a Monsanto-owned glyphosate resistance trait were discovered in southern Alberta is a serious wake-up call. The National Farmers Union is very concerned about the potential loss of Canada’s wheat markets due to contamination of crops and fields with genetically modified wheat escapes from experimental test plots."

NFU urges PM to stand firm in the protection of Canadian supply management

We understand that you are under enormous pressure to give up Canadian interests in the negotiations with the USA in order to reach a new NAFTA deal. President Trump is using highly unfair arguments, especially when he targets tariffs that protect Canadian supply management.

Growing Alberta’s turkey sector through diversified production for niche markets

The sent the following letter to Alberta Turkey Producers on May 7, 2018: Re: Growing Alberta’s turkey sector through diversified production for niche markets It has come to our attention that the upcoming meeting of the Alberta Turkey Producers Board of Directors may consider reducing the current quota exemption from 300 birds per calendar year produced