Orderly marketing

Bunge-Viterra merger has drastic implications for Canadian farmers

Just five companies known as the “ABCD group” control 90% of the world grain trade – and the B in this group is about to get much bigger. B is Read more

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

Stop the ratification of CETA! A joint statement by German and Canadian civil society groups

On the occasion of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Canada, and ahead of the announced ratification of the EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) by the German parliament, Read more

Supply Management delivers for Canadians – both conventional and organic

The Toronto Star's recent investigative report comes to wrong and misleading conclusions that don’t do justice to the realities of conventional and organic milk, and certainly do not warrant top billing in the paper. Read more

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. Read more

2nd Letter to Auditor General re public expenditure on CWB privatization

In January 2018 the NFU wrote a letter to the Auditor General of Canada to request a public audit on post-2012 spending related to the Canadian Wheat Board. We recieved a response from him and have followed up with another letter, as follows. Read more

Farmers and fishers stand together for Pacific fisheries reform

Courtenay, BC— () stands in solidarity with British Columbia fishing communities and the Save our BC Fisheries Campaign. We call on the Canadian government to make urgently needed reforms to Read more

Without the CWB, farmers are losing millions of dollars every year

After 5 years of the loss of the Canadian Wheat Board, farmers have turned back the clock 100 years. Read more

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 Read more

A system that leaves producers out by design

New Brunswick wild blueberry producers have faced one of the hardest seasons in history. Read more