The recent SaskPulse annual general meeting had a lively debate on the resolution opposing variety use agreements on varieties developed using check-off funds. VUAs are contracts that farmers must sign when they buy certain new varieties, forcing them to pay an annual fee to the seed company if they want to plant farm-saved seed in […] Read more
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Is Canadian agriculture a greenhouse gas giant or an economic engine?
WINNIPEG — Farming may be Canada’s economic engine or a significant source of greenhouse gases that threaten the planet. It all depends on who you ask. Two reports were released in early December, one from the National Farmers Union and the other from Grain Farmers of Ontario. The NFU report focused on greenhouse gas emissions […] Read more
Sask. ag emissions double: NFU report
A comprehensive look at Saskatchewan’s agricultural greenhouse gas emissions shows they have doubled in the last 30 years. The report by National Farmers Union policy assistant John Mills found emissions were 11.1 million tonnes per year in 1990 and 22 million tonnes in 2021. Rising emissions from nitrogen fertilizer production use are a main contributor, […] Read more
Commodity prices lag food inflation, says NFU
Food processors and retailers are good at “leaving the impression that somehow these much higher food prices are somehow directly related to the farmgate prices,” said Stewart Wells, vice-president of operations for the National Farmers Union.
