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Gap Continues to Widen between Food Prices that Consumers Pay Retailers and Prices Farmers Receive

Saskatoon, SK — “The National Farmers Union (NFU) applauds the study undertaken by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food regarding food price inflation, and today we have Read more

NFU supports Supply Management at House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade

(Ottawa) —  At the International Trade Committee’s March 9 hearing on Bill C-282, An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act the National Farmers Union Read more

NFU submission on BILL C-282 – An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management)

Trade agreement negotiations are done behind closed doors, thus, it is critical that ground rules to uphold our supply management system are set now by our elected representatives voting openly in Parliament. The NFU therefore recommends that Bill C-282 be passed without amendment as a matter of national interest. Read more

Grocery Prices are Rising and Farmers’ Share Declining as Corporate Processors and Retailers Take More and More

Swift Current, SK—Retail food prices are rising. To explain these increases, many commentators point to rising prices for farm products and cite drought, other production problems, the pandemic, or supply-chain Read more

NFU Submission on Bill C-216 Supply Management

The NFU supports Bill C-216, which would ensure that in all future trade agreement negotiations, the government of Canada would not commit to any further foreign access to Canadian supply-managed markets and would not lower or eliminate tariffs on supply-managed goods that are imported over and above existing Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) levels. Read more

Chickens greet opening of New Brunswick legislature

Fredericton – The National Farmers Union of New Brunswick (NFU-NB) will mark the opening of the NB’s Legislative Session by protesting with avian allies For more than ten years, NFU-NB has Read more

Strengthening Supply Management – Defending Canadian control of our market space and advancing food sovereignty

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NFU letter regarding National Farmed Animal Health Strategy

The Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC) states in its 2007-2008 annual report that: “75% of emerging human diseases are zoonotic in origin” and acknowledges that the implications of “animal health” Read more