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Keeping the pulse of agri-business in Canada

Thanks to your survey results, every month we can report to the media, politicians, civil servants and Canadians about the state of agri-business in Canada. It’s called the Agriculture Business Barometer®. It’s timely, helpful and entirely unique to CFIB.

Canadian farms being flooded by red tape

Farmers in Canada are among the hardest hit by government regulations and paperwork. In fact, 23 per cent of farmers say that if they had known about the burden of regulations, they may not have gone into business.

Marketing freedom finally a reality: Prairie farmers given green light to market 2012 crop

CFIB and its farm members across Western Canada welcomed the Senate's passing of Bill C-18 - Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act. Western Canada producers can now begin developing and implementing marketing strategies for their 2012 wheat and barley. Read more here.

National agriculture report

More than 2,000 new farm members have joined CFIB in the last three years alone! CFIB has the unique ability to address the business-related issues of farming but we also have ongoing access to key federal and provincial leaders including Premiers and Finance Ministers.

Delivering your priorities to Federal Minister of Agriculture

We recently met with Hon. Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board to present your key priorities for the ag sector.
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan: Greg's Story
 

Sask improves to B- in national red tape report card

As part of its third annual Red Tape Awareness Week™ CFIB released its annual Red Tape Report Card. While Saskatchewan has made significant progress on red tape reform, the grades for some provinces show there is room to improve. Read more here.
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Welcome to your agri-business page

Welcome to cfib.ca/agri page, your home for agri-related issues affecting your business.
 

Agri-business

We represent 7,200 agri-businesses across Canada, of which the majority are primary producers. Our agri-members join CFIB because we speak out on your behalf on key business issues. CFIB makes a bottom-line difference to your agri-business. If you have any questions or commments please email us at agri@cfib.ca

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Harper Government plows down red tape on the farm

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz issued a statement following the release of the report from the Red Tape Reduction Commission earlier this week and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business' Red Tape Awareness Week™ news release on farmers in Canada.

Canadian farms being flooded by red tape

Ottawa/Regina, January 20, 2012 – Farmers in Canada are hit the hardest by government regulations and paperwork, according to research released today by CFIB. On the final day of Red Tape Awareness Week™, a CFIB survey shows that 23 per cent of farmers say that if they had known about the burden of regulations, they may not have gone into business.

CFIB contributes to Canadian Meat Business magazine

Over the past year CFIB has been regularly contributing to the Canadian Meat Business magazine. Check out our recent columns on a variety of issues important to Agri-business owners.

Farm optimism strengthens in November

Regina, December 7, 2011 – According to the latest Monthly Agriculture Business Barometer Index from(CFIB)optimism among its agricultural members increased 6.2 points to 64.5 in November 2011 from 58.3 in October 2011.

Farmers welcome WTO ruling on Country-of-Origin Labelling

Ottawa/Regina, November 18, 2011 – CFIB welcomes the ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the U.S. Country-of-Origin Labelling (COOL) measure is inconsistent with its WTO trade obligations.

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