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May 20, 2016
CFA Supports Efforts to Keep the Canadian Family Farm Intact
OTTAWA, MAY 20 – A private member’s bill tabled yesterday – Bill C-274 – is taking on the inefficient tax treatment of intergenerational transfers for small businesses, addressing a major issue for family farm and fishing businesses. The... Read More
April 28, 2016
CFA Welcomes New Executive Director
OTTAWA, APRIL 28 — The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Errol Halkai as its new Executive Director. With a long history of working on agricultural issues within industry and government, Errol... Read More
April 25, 2016
CFA Welcomes Efforts to Extend Provisions of Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act
April 25, OTTAWA — The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is encouraged by the announcement made last Friday by the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport,... Read More
March 31, 2016
CFA Publishes Recommendations for Continued Success of Canadian Agriculture
OTTAWA, MARCH 31 – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) recently published recommendations aimed at informing the development of the next agricultural policy framework -a five-year multilateral funding and policy framework signed between... Read More
March 23, 2016
Budget 2016 Includes Modest Investments for Agriculture
OTTAWA, MARCH 23 – Although the federal budget contained modest investments for Canadian agriculture, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) was pleased to see support for a number of initiatives that hold significant opportunities for... Read More
March 15, 2016
New Research Finds Vacant Jobs in Agriculture Costs Producers $1.5 Billion
OTTAWA, MARCH 15 – New figures released by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) illustrate the increasing challenges that labour constraints are having on Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector. According to CAHRC, annual... Read More
March 1, 2016
This Year, Be an AgSafe Family by Keeping Kids Safe
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week 2016 runs from March 13-19. Ottawa, ON, March 1, 2016: This March, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA),the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and presenting sponsor Farm Credit Canada (FCC)... Read More
February 26, 2016
Public Trust, Climate Change, Ministerial Panel Top the Agenda at CFA Annual Meeting
OTTAWA, FEBRUARY 26 — This week’s annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) brought together farm and food leaders from across Canada under the theme “Building Trust, Farm to Table”. “The value of this meeting is... Read More