In a recent letter to the editor, Stewart Wells, past president of the NFU and current CWB director candidate criticizes the Wheat Growers for seeking the opportunity to price and deliver our grain at a time of our choosing,
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Farmers Should Be Free To Decide
Terry Boehm New NFU President
“The first thing I want to say is we are non-partisan and we have members from every political stripe and farms of every style and size.” – TERRY BOEHM The National Farmers Union’s (NFU) new president , Saskatchewan farmer Terry Boehm, says addressing the downturn in the hog and cattle sectors and preventing market disruption
An Open Letter To The Prime Minister And All Federal Leaders
Canada’s independent ranchers and farmers – the backbone of our cattle and beef sectors – are receiving some of the lowest prices they’ve seen since the Great Depression. Adjusted for inflation, prices today are half of price averages from the 1970s, and ’80s. Today’s Depressionechoing prices are bankrupting long-standing cattle producers and forcing farm families
NFU Denies Suggested Link With R-CALF
“That characterization is misleading farmers and distracting farmers away from the real issues confronting cattle producers.” – STEWART WELLS, NFU PRESIDENT The National Farmers Union has reacted furiously to media suggestions it may be in bed with a longtime nemesis of the Canadian cattle industry. Kevin Hursh, a Saskatchewan agricultural commentator, last week accused the
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