Farm Income

Net Farm Income and Agri-Food Exports & Imports (1970-2009)

Canada’s agriculture economy has become focused on trade. Exports are nearly four times what they were in 1988 when the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement was signed. The amount of food Read more

Farm Income and Debt (1970-2009)

Since 1970 realized net farm income in Canada has remained virtually unchanged, while the value of farm products has steadily increased. The cost of production has risen dramatically, and thus Read more

Losing Our Grip How a Corporate Farmland Buy-up, Rising Farm Debt, and Agribusiness Financing of Inputs Threaten Family Farms and Food Sovereignty

The land on which our food is grown is, to a significant extent, owned by local citizens and the families who work that land. This family farm model is widely Read more

NFU Brief to Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) on Crop Insurance in Alberta

While the need for some form of crop insurance had been apparent since agricultural settlement began in western Canada, it was not until 1939 that the Prairie Farm Assistance Act Read more

NFU presentation to Canadian Grain Commission on maximum shrinkage deductions at licensed process and transfer elevators

welcomes this opportunity to present its views on the issue of shrinkage deductions on grain. The represents thousands of grain farmers in the prairie region who have a direct interest Read more

NFU presentation on competitiveness and competition to Commons Agriculture Committee

The solution to the farm income crisis is simple: Canadian federal and provincial legislation, policies, and regulations must cease strengthening the most powerful and profitable in the system and instead Read more

Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women: The effects and consequences of the current Employment Insurance (EI) programs on women in Canada

() welcomes this opportunity to present our views and recommendations regarding the Employment Insurance Program‟s effects and consequences on women to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status Read more

Submission by the National Farmers Union to the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) on the potential liability of farmers due to changes to the Canada Grain Act and the Canadian Grain Commission

In December, 2007, Bill C-39, An Act to Amend the Canada Grain Act, was introduced into the House of Commons. That piece of legislation died on the order paper in Read more

The Farm Crisis and the Cattle Sector: Toward a New Analysis and New Solutions

We have a crisis. We have a need for new thinking. We have a need for bold solutions. There will be resistance. There will be near- hysterical attacks on those Read more