CFA Disappointed with Lack of Agriculture in Federal Budget 2024
April 17, 2024
April 17th, Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) was disappointed to see a lack of investment in Canadian agriculture in the 2024 budget. In light of sustained high-interest rates, a price on carbon for essential farming activities, for which farmers have no viable alternatives, and an increased risk of extreme weather ...
Learn MoreCFA Pleased to see Interest-Free Portion of Advanced Payments Program Increased to Help Producer Cash-Flow
March 26, 2024
March 26th, Ottawa – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) welcomed today’s announcement by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) that the interest-free portion of the Advanced Payments Program (APP) would be increased to $250,000. The APP provides loans that have an interest-free portion to help farmers deal with cash-flow and ...
Learn MoreCFA 2024 Annual General Meeting Recap
February 29, 2024
OTTAWA, Feb 29th, 2024 — This week’s annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) brought together farm and food leaders from across Canada under the theme Seizing Opportunities: Canada Growing Role on the World Stage. “Canadian agriculture is consistently being impacted by events that are outside of our borders and global in ...
Learn MoreFood Freedom Day is February 9, 2024
February 9, 2024
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) has calculated that by Friday, February 9th, 2024, a Canadian household of average income will have earned enough to pay for their entire year’s grocery bill. Each year, CFA examines the proportion of income that Canadians spend on food to explore year-over-year expenditure changes and raise ...
Learn MoreDistinguished CFA Past-President Mary Robinson Appointed to the Senate of Canada
January 22, 2024
OTTAWA, January 22, 2024 – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) proudly congratulates Past-President Mary Robinson on her esteemed appointment to the Senate of Canada. Mary Robinson made history as the first female President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, steering the organization from 2019 to 2023. Her tenure witnessed ...
Learn MoreThe Canadian Federation of Agriculture Calls on Senators to Vote Against Amendments to Bill C-234
October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture, who represent 190,000 farm families across Canada, is urging Senators to vote against amendments to Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, proposed by the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. This amendment removes “heating ...
Learn MoreBill C-359 Will Improve Farmers’ Competitiveness While Enhancing Food Security
October 20, 2023
October 20, Ottawa – CFA supports Bill C-359 proposed by MP Kody Blois, An Act to amend the Feeds Act, the Seeds Act and the Pest Control Products Act (provisional registration and approval) and calls for the urgent implementation of the measures contained within this Bill to support Canadian agriculture’s competitiveness. The ability of ...
Learn MoreNorth American European Union Agriculture Conference Brings International Farm Leaders Together to Tackle Global Issues in Agriculture
September 19, 2023
September 19, 2023, OTTAWA – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), in partnership with COPA-COGECA, the American Farm Bureau and the Consejo Nacional Agropecuario, hosted the North American/European Union Agriculture Conference (NA/EU) in Charlottetown, PEI from September 12-14. The NA/EU is a bi-annual event that brings together farm ...
Learn MoreCFA Pleased at Launch of the Temporary Foreign Worker Recognized Employer Program, Reducing Administrative Burden for Trusted Employers in Agriculture
August 10, 2023
OTTAWA, ON – August 10th, 2023 – CFA welcomes today’s announcement of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Recognized Employer Program, a three-year pilot that will first be made available to agricultural workers this September before its wider rollout in January 2024. This program, which CFA has advocated for over many ...
Learn MoreThe Canadian Agri-food Sustainability Initiative Celebrates the Progress Achieved through its First Iteration
June 8, 2023
June 8th, 2023, Ottawa – The Canadian Agri-Food Sustainability Initiative (CASI) is celebrating the achievement of an important milestone in its work: the release of the final report for the first iteration of the project. The report highlights the key findings to date, as well as next steps to move the initiative from the testing […]
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