National Farmers Union
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National Farmers Union has been working since 1902 to protect and enhance the quality of life of American family farmers and ranchers and their communities. Learn more at NFU.org.
We're proud to support USDA efforts to bring fairness to livestock markets. National Farmers Union will continue to push for better markets and a more even playing field for all family farmers and ranchers.
Opinion: Family farmers and ranchers want updated packers and stockyards act rules
In this opinion piece, Jeff Kippley, Vice President of the National Farmers Union, challenges the recent opinion segment by the President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) which addr...
www.agri-pulse.com
March 1, 2024 at 7:41 PM
We're proud to support USDA efforts to bring fairness to livestock markets. National Farmers Union will continue to push for better markets and a more even playing field for all family farmers and ranchers.
At our convention last year, our members specifically called out this merger as an example of harmful consolidation in the marketplace. Thank you FTC for standing up for farmers, ranchers, workers, and consumers. apnews.com/article/krog...
February 27, 2024 at 8:42 PM
At our convention last year, our members specifically called out this merger as an example of harmful consolidation in the marketplace. Thank you FTC for standing up for farmers, ranchers, workers, and consumers. apnews.com/article/krog...
Farmers Union members are planting just futures all across the country. In honor of Black History Month, we’ve invited a few members to share their visions for a just food and agriculture system. 🧵
February 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Farmers Union members are planting just futures all across the country. In honor of Black History Month, we’ve invited a few members to share their visions for a just food and agriculture system. 🧵
ACTION ALERT🚨
Major farm equipment manufacturers refuse to provide farmers with full access to tools and info we need to make repairs, so we pay MORE and wait LONGER after breakdowns.
Sign our petition to the FTC: Protect our right to repair!
Major farm equipment manufacturers refuse to provide farmers with full access to tools and info we need to make repairs, so we pay MORE and wait LONGER after breakdowns.
Sign our petition to the FTC: Protect our right to repair!
TELL FTC: Protect Farmers’ Right to Repair
National Farmers Union (NFU) urges the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to write regulations that ensure farmers and ranchers can repair their own equipment. Major farm equipment manufacturers refu...
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January 26, 2024 at 6:12 PM
ACTION ALERT🚨
Major farm equipment manufacturers refuse to provide farmers with full access to tools and info we need to make repairs, so we pay MORE and wait LONGER after breakdowns.
Sign our petition to the FTC: Protect our right to repair!
Major farm equipment manufacturers refuse to provide farmers with full access to tools and info we need to make repairs, so we pay MORE and wait LONGER after breakdowns.
Sign our petition to the FTC: Protect our right to repair!
If you collude with monopolies to gouge farmers and consumers, it’s only fair that the Department of Justice makes you face the consequences.
US DOJ files meat industry antitrust case against Agri Stats | Reuters
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday filed an antitrust lawsuit against data company Agri Stats, alleging that its weekly reports on meat pricing and sales have enabled anticompetitive practices...
www.reuters.com
September 28, 2023 at 8:50 PM
If you collude with monopolies to gouge farmers and consumers, it’s only fair that the Department of Justice makes you face the consequences.
🚨Tell Congress: Oppose House funding bill that hurts family farmers and ranchers!🚨
We strongly oppose the House ag funding bill -- specifically provisions that prevent USDA from strengthening the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Sign this letter to tell your Rep you oppose this harmful legislation!
We strongly oppose the House ag funding bill -- specifically provisions that prevent USDA from strengthening the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Sign this letter to tell your Rep you oppose this harmful legislation!
Tell Congress: Oppose House funding bill that hurts family farmers and ranchers - National Farmers U...
nfu.org
September 26, 2023 at 6:02 PM
🚨Tell Congress: Oppose House funding bill that hurts family farmers and ranchers!🚨
We strongly oppose the House ag funding bill -- specifically provisions that prevent USDA from strengthening the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Sign this letter to tell your Rep you oppose this harmful legislation!
We strongly oppose the House ag funding bill -- specifically provisions that prevent USDA from strengthening the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Sign this letter to tell your Rep you oppose this harmful legislation!
"Farm bills can be – and should be – very bipartisan."
NFU President Rob Larew joined Agri-Pulse to discuss our priorities for a farm bill that responds to the needs of family farmers and ranchers today and for the next five years.
www.agri-pulse.com/media/podcas...
NFU President Rob Larew joined Agri-Pulse to discuss our priorities for a farm bill that responds to the needs of family farmers and ranchers today and for the next five years.
www.agri-pulse.com/media/podcas...
September 18, 2023 at 4:16 PM
"Farm bills can be – and should be – very bipartisan."
NFU President Rob Larew joined Agri-Pulse to discuss our priorities for a farm bill that responds to the needs of family farmers and ranchers today and for the next five years.
www.agri-pulse.com/media/podcas...
NFU President Rob Larew joined Agri-Pulse to discuss our priorities for a farm bill that responds to the needs of family farmers and ranchers today and for the next five years.
www.agri-pulse.com/media/podcas...
Our Fall Legislative Fly-In starts tomorrow and we’re excited to see so many of you! If you can't make it to D.C. but still want to advocate, take a look at the policy priorities on nfu.org/fly-in and let your elected officials know you support Fairness for Farmers!
September 10, 2023 at 5:47 PM
Our Fall Legislative Fly-In starts tomorrow and we’re excited to see so many of you! If you can't make it to D.C. but still want to advocate, take a look at the policy priorities on nfu.org/fly-in and let your elected officials know you support Fairness for Farmers!
Farm equipment manufacturers have claimed the Clean Air Act requires them to restrict independent repair. So we asked the EPA.
They wrote back: Not only are manufacturers wrong, barriers to right to repair are "harmful to the environment."
They wrote back: Not only are manufacturers wrong, barriers to right to repair are "harmful to the environment."
EPA to Farmers Union: Clean Air Act Does Not Restrict Who Can Repair Ag Equipment
EPA Administrator Michael Regan told the National Farmers Union that independent repair shops and farmers are not in any way restricted by the Clean Air Act from making emissions and other repairs on ...
www.dtnpf.com
August 8, 2023 at 6:04 PM
Farm equipment manufacturers have claimed the Clean Air Act requires them to restrict independent repair. So we asked the EPA.
They wrote back: Not only are manufacturers wrong, barriers to right to repair are "harmful to the environment."
They wrote back: Not only are manufacturers wrong, barriers to right to repair are "harmful to the environment."
What do YOU want to preserve? Your environment? Your culture? Your community?
2023 Women's Conference will explore the theme of preservation through interactive sessions to bring us closer to preserving a future for family farms. Register now: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/nfuwomensconference
2023 Women's Conference will explore the theme of preservation through interactive sessions to bring us closer to preserving a future for family farms. Register now: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/nfuwomensconference
August 1, 2023 at 6:30 PM
What do YOU want to preserve? Your environment? Your culture? Your community?
2023 Women's Conference will explore the theme of preservation through interactive sessions to bring us closer to preserving a future for family farms. Register now: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/nfuwomensconference
2023 Women's Conference will explore the theme of preservation through interactive sessions to bring us closer to preserving a future for family farms. Register now: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/nfuwomensconference