Regulations

NFU Comments on Regulations Amending the Seeds Regulations

The National Farmers Union (NFU) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposal by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to amend the Seeds Regulations. Specifically, the CFIA seeks to allow variety registrants to cancel the registration of seed varieties on request, to move all forage crop kinds from Part I to Part III of Schedule III and to move soybeans from Part I to Part III of Schedule III.The NFU strongly opposes the proposal and urges the CFIA to retain the seed regulations that currently exist. Read more

Submission to ERCB on Fracking Regulation

The National Farmers Union has submitted feedback to the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) Consultation on its Proposed Regulatory Approach for Unconventional Oil and Gas Development. Read more

Business Risk Management Programs under Growing Forward 2

This NFU Brief outlines our analysis of the suite of Business Risk Management programs, also known as agriculture safety net programs, being negotiated under the Growing Forward 2 federal-provincial policy framework, and makes recommendations to make these programs work better for family farmers. Read more

NFU Comments regarding Health Canada’s proposal to permit the use of a GM-derived enzyme, Asparaginase, as a food additive

() welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposal by Health Canada to amend the Food and Drug Regulations. Specifically, Health Canada seeks to permit the use of Asparaginase in 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 standards of fusarium blight toxin levels in wheat

As far back as 2003, the has been calling for action on the issue of increasing incidence of fusarium—see attached letter. We are pleased that the Standing Committee on Agriculture Read more

NFU presentation to the House of Commons Subcommittee on Food Safety

Family farmers are committed to a food system that provides safe and healthy food to people in this country and abroad. Food production is more than a business to us. Read more