On average, wetland drainage on Prairie farmland releases 3.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).

Cutting Canada's agricultural research network may save little, but it risks food security and decades of public investment in science.

To save a mere $27 million per year, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) plans to close 7 public agriculture research facilities, including the Indian Head Research Farm in Saskatchewan…

L’UNF exhorte le gouvernement fédéral à accorder la priorité au renouvellement générationnel, à la souveraineté alimentaire et à la diversité des produits et des pratiques agricoles dans le prochain…

Le PCS doit s’inspirer des principes de résilience, de renouveau et de souveraineté Les fermiers ont besoin d’une politique de souveraineté alimentaire qui soutienne les nouveaux agriculteurs…

The NFU urges the federal government to prioritize generational renewal, food sovereignty, and diversity in products and farm practices in the Next Policy Framework (NPF).

Farmers need a food sovereignty policy that supports new farmers, a diversity of farm products and practices, and fair prices for the food they produce for both domestic and export markets.

Black and racialized workers power agriculture, but barriers to land ownership mean they rarely own farms

Les Canadiens recherchent des aliments sûrs, sains et abordables, produits par les fermiers et les travailleurs canadiens. Afin de stimuler la production alimentaire nationale…

Canadians have an appetite for safe, healthy, affordable food produced by Canadian farmers and workers. To advance domestic food production, the Government of Canada’s National Food Security Strategy…

Le projet de loi C-30, intitulé Loi portant exécution de certaines dispositions de la mise à jour économique du printemps est un projet de loi omnibus qui contient des modifications législatives n’…

Bill C-30, the Spring Economic Update Implementation Act, is an omnibus bill that contains legislative amendments that have nothing to do with the budget, but everything to do with a Cabinet power…

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Field crews at the federal agricultural research station in Swift Current, Sask., have destroyed Canada's only public organic research plots and are planning to plant the fields with non-organic wheat...

Des organisations de tout le Canada, dont la Nationale des Fermiers, ont envoyé une lettre commune à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada pour exprimer leur inquiétude concernant la fermeture prévue…

Organizations from across Canada, including the National Farmers Union, have sent a joint letter to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expressing urgent concern regarding the planned closure of the…

L’UNF soutient les initiatives visant à briser le siège imposé par Israël à la Palestine ; la nourriture ne doit pas servir d’arme de guerre. La nourriture continue d’être utilisée comme une arme…

The NFU supports attempts to break Israel’s siege of Palestine, food cannot be used as a weapon of war Food continues to be used as a weapon against the people of Palestine, as farms and seed banks…

The NFU has signed on to the following letter to urge the government to remove dangerous provisions from Bill C-30 and Bill C-31. For the past two decades, the mandate of the PCPA has been to…

L’UNF a signé la lettre suivante pour exhorter le gouvernement à retirer les dispositions dangereuses des projets de loi C-30 et C-31. Au cours des deux dernières décennies, le mandat de la LPA a été…

Conservative MPs John Barlow and Jacques Gourde hold a news conference on Parliament Hill to discuss agricultural research stations. (no interpretation)

Lapland, Nova Scotia (Mi’kma’ki) – Members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) and farmers and farmworkers from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario are excited to host partners from Puerto…

Les fermiers doivent s’attendre à une hausse des prix des semences et à une privatisation accrue de la sélection végétale, les multinationales du secteur tirant profit du contrôle exclusif sur les…

Farmers can expect higher seed prices and more privatization of plant breeding as multinational seed companies cash in on exclusive control over new varieties enabled by the new Plant Breeders’ Rights...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, May 7, 2026 — The Agriculture Union says a new report from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri‑Food confirms what agricultural workers and com...

The agricultural community was shocked to learn Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plans to close critically important research facilities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Sc...

Rapport du Comité no 4 - AGRI (45-1) - Chambre des communes du Canada

The agricultural community was shocked to learn Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plans to close critically important research facilities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Sc...

En 2026, les consommateurs canadiens paient leurs produits alimentaires près de 30 % plus cher qu’en 2020, alors que les agriculteurs ont vu les prix de leurs produits stagner au cours de la même…