NFU Newsletter
Current and past issues of the Union Farmer Newsletter.
2017
Union Farmer Newsletter: June 2017
NAFTA renegotiation provides opening for renewed US attack on Canadian wheat grading framework • What do NFU members want to see in Canada’s first National Food Policy? • Frequently Asked Questions about the Wheat Class System • NFU Submission to CGC Consultation on proposed Eastern Wheat Class • NFU Vice President presents on Climate Change at Senate Committee • Census of Agriculture 2016 • What does NAFTA actually say about Supply Management?
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Union Farmer Newsletter: May 2017
Cross border connections – farmers working together for better dairy policy • Proposed Safe Food for Canadians regulations at odds with food policy mandate • Innovation – Product or Knowledge? • Consultation on Cash Ticket Deferrals
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Union Farmer Newsletter: March 2017
The Case for a Carbon Tax • Neonicotinoids under review: PMRA proposes phase‐out of imidacloprid and launches review of clothianidin or thiamethoxam • The Public Trust PR Campaign: Agribusiness efforts to avoid public regulation • Grain farmers—we want to hear from you! • Do Farmers Really Believe a Market Exists For Grain Sales?
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Union Farmer Newsletter: January 2017
NFU on Parliament Hill • Next Agricultural Policy Framework • Study on the acquisition of farmland in Canada and its potential impact on the farming sector
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Union Farmer Newsletter: November 2016
An Evening with David Suzuki • An Introduction to Carbon Pricing • A system that leaves small producers at the mercy of buyers
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Union Farmer Newsletter: September 2016
NFU argues against Health Canada’s proposal to allow ground beef irradiation • NFU provides input to Agriculture Ministers Meeting on the next Agriculture Policy Framework • NFU Submission to the Canadian Grain Commission regarding its proposal to license producer railway car loading facilities
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Union Farmer Newsletter: June 2016
Canada Transportation Act Review Totally Fails Farmers • Landgrabbing takes a new twist with Surface Capital • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board buys 40% of Glencore Agri
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Union Farmer Newsletter: March 2016
Rebuilding Canada’s agricultural institutions in the public interest for sustainable, prosperous family farms • Atrazine Review: NFU calls for precautionary approach • Strengthening Supply Management: Defending Canadian control of our market space and advancing food sovereignty • 2016 Census of Agriculture is on the horizon
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Union Farmer Newsletter: Februrary 2016
TPP signed, consultations underway • Canada’s incredible shrinking railway system
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Union Farmer Newsletter: November 2015
Soil: Our Common Ground - 2015 Convention program highlights • TPP tips power balance in corporations’ favour • Soil health: farming to feed microbes • A statistical snapshot of Canada’s agriculture economy • Seed saving under the amended Plant Breeders Rights Act • NFU Membership Development Campaign Underway
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Union Farmer Newsletter: September 2015
TPP attack on Supply Management: a beggar thy neighbour strategy • The Economy without the CWB • Agriculture Concerns for Election 2015
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Union Farmer Newsletter: July 2015
Fitting Grain Sector Puzzle Pieces Together • NFU support for Feed Mill Licensing – only without Bill C-48 • CWB Comparison Chart • CGC consultation on “modernizing” the wheat class system • Manitoba seeking Risk Management Tools for Climate Change Impacts • LNG, Pipelines and Site C Dam vs Farmland Protection in BC • Saskatchewan reviewing farmland ownership law
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