Publication Archive
The holding place for all publications in the NFU site, such as the Union Farmer.
Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2016
Contents: Memories of Roy Atkinson Message from the President Message from the Women’s President Message from the Youth President Regional Reports Meet your elected representatives: Board member Reg Phelan Women’s
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Union Farmer Newsletter: June 2016
Canada Transportation Act Review Totally Fails Farmers • Landgrabbing takes a new twist with Surface Capital • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board buys 40% of Glencore Agri
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2016
Contents: Message from the Editorial Advisory Committee Message from the President Message from the Women’s President Message from the Youth President Regional Reports Meet your new Board members Convention Panel
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Union Farmer Newsletter: March 2016
Rebuilding Canada’s agricultural institutions in the public interest for sustainable, prosperous family farms • Atrazine Review: NFU calls for precautionary approach • Strengthening Supply Management: Defending Canadian control of our market space and advancing food sovereignty • 2016 Census of Agriculture is on the horizon
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Union Farmer Newsletter: Februrary 2016
TPP signed, consultations underway • Canada’s incredible shrinking railway system
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Winter 2015-2016
Contents: Message from the Editorial Advisory Committee Message from the President Message from the Women’s President Message from the Youth President Meet your VPs (Vice President bios) Convention Panel Reports:
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2015 Winners
The National Farmers Union would like to congratulate Katia Huszka and Stuart Oke, winners of the Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing for 2015. This year's theme was "Soil: Our Common Ground".
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Union Farmer Newsletter: November 2015
Soil: Our Common Ground - 2015 Convention program highlights • TPP tips power balance in corporations’ favour • Soil health: farming to feed microbes • A statistical snapshot of Canada’s agriculture economy • Seed saving under the amended Plant Breeders Rights Act • NFU Membership Development Campaign Underway
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Union Farmer Newsletter: September 2015
TPP attack on Supply Management: a beggar thy neighbour strategy • The Economy without the CWB • Agriculture Concerns for Election 2015
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2015
PDF Version<strongContents</strong:Message from the Editorial Advisory Committee Message from the President Message from the Women's President Message from the NFU Youth Regional Reports<strongArticles:</strong
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Union Farmer Newsletter: July 2015
Fitting Grain Sector Puzzle Pieces Together • NFU support for Feed Mill Licensing – only without Bill C-48 • CWB Comparison Chart • CGC consultation on “modernizing” the wheat class system • Manitoba seeking Risk Management Tools for Climate Change Impacts • LNG, Pipelines and Site C Dam vs Farmland Protection in BC • Saskatchewan reviewing farmland ownership law
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GLYPHOSATE: Frequently Asked Questions
(Please download the PDF version to view all the graphs) What is glyphosate? Glyphosate, pronounced GLY‐fuh‐sate, is a non‐selective, systemic herbicide. This means that it kills all types of plants
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