National Farmers Union Archives - Page 15 of 28

Seeding Over For Many Before Deadline

By Allan Dawson June 16, 2011

The next wave of showers in the forecast hadn’t started, but last week farmers in the Souris area were conceding defeat in their fight to get a crop seeded before the June 20 deadline. “People have so-called washed their hands of it now,” said Walter Finlay, who as of June 10 hadn’t seeded any of

Cereals, News

Show Farmers A Workable Plan

By Allan Dawson May 26, 2011

The federal government must demonstrate the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) long-term viability in an open market or take responsibility for winding it down, says Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney. “Show me a business plan that the wheat board is actually going to function in a dual market,” the farmer from East Selkirk said in

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for May. 19, 2011

By Reuters May 19, 2011

All wheels covered:CAA Manitoba members can now seek roadside assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week when their bike chain breaks or a tire tube pops. Bike Assist is a new benefit that allows CAA members to use any of their four annually allotted service calls to receive roadside assistance if their bike

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Mar. 31, 2011

By Reuters March 31, 2011

Data collection:Rural community foundations will benefit from federal funds helping them collect annual data on how their communities are surviving. Vital Signs portraits measure the vitality of local communities using selected social and economic trends and evaluating areas having a significant impact on the quality of life, such as health, environment and education. A $200,000

Cereals, Opinion

Record-High Food Prices? Or Just Better Than Record Lows?

By Terry Boehm March 24, 2011

Reporters and politicians are making frequent references to high food prices – some going so far as to suggest prices are nearing record levels. But for the farmers and peasants who produce the world’s food, prices are nowhere near record highs. In fact, what is currently happening to corn, beans, rice, or wheat prices would

News

Record Farm Income Claims Challenged

By Allan Dawson March 17, 2011

Predictions that Canadian farm income will set a new record high in 2010 are wrong, according to Darrin Qualman, a former researcher with the National Farmers Union (NFU). “These income levels are in no way a record,” Qualman said in an interview last week in response to a report prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Hogs, Livestock

South Korea Re-Opens Slaughterhouses

March 10, 2011

South Korea, battling against its worst foot-and- mouth outbreak, said March 2 it had reopened most slaughterhouses nationwide to ease a supply shortage after closing them to contain the animal disease. The government of Asia’s fourth-largest economy said in a separate statement that it had confirmed 150 cases in 11 provinces in three months so

Grain Markets

U.K. Farmers Seek National Food Plan

By Reuters February 24, 2011

Britain needs a national food plan that makes production a strategic priority and curbs its increasing reliance on imports, Peter Kendall, president of the National Farmers Union said Feb. 15. Kendall told the NFU’s annual conference that global food prices were at an all-time high and had played a role in major upheavals in North

Cereals, News

CWB Is Buying Boats

By Allan Dawson February 17, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) defended its controversial decision to buy into the Great Lakes shipping fleet last week, saying it will ultimately mean higher returns for farmers. The board’s goal is not only to get the best returns for farmers, but to cut their costs too, said CWB chair Allen Oberg. Oberg said the

Forages, News, Oilseeds

MPs Vote To Kill Market Acceptance Bill

By Alex Binkley February 17, 2011

Conservative and Liberal MPs voted Feb. 9 to defeat NDP Ag Critic Alex Atamanenko’s bill to require a marketing acceptance test in the process of approving new genetically engineered crops. But the issue of the future of GE crops, animals and fish isn’t going away. The Commons agriculture committee is in the midst of hearings

Daily Network News

Canadian agriculture must build on the moment federal politicians say

Prairie forecast: A north-south temperature split as spring struggles to move in

More canola, spring wheat likely to be seeded this spring

Tag Archives National Farmers Union

Seeding Over For Many Before Deadline

Show Farmers A Workable Plan

In Brief… – for May. 19, 2011

In Brief… – for Mar. 31, 2011

Record-High Food Prices? Or Just Better Than Record Lows?

Record Farm Income Claims Challenged

South Korea Re-Opens Slaughterhouses

U.K. Farmers Seek National Food Plan

CWB Is Buying Boats

MPs Vote To Kill Market Acceptance Bill

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