NFU Aims To Be Included In Funding Legislation

Mar 28, 2017

The Manitoba chapter of the National Farmers Union (NFU) feels its being discriminated against in the way the province provides access to funding.

Currently only one general farm organization, is provided a check-off through the Agricultural Producers' Organization Funding Act, which is now under review. That group is Keystone Agricultural Producers.

NFU Board Member Dean Harder, says their group is also a general farm organization, noting he's concerned that a recent survey by the province made no reference to the National Farmers Union.

He says it's not an issue of one group versus another, rather farmers should have an option of who they support.

"Sometimes we have similar viewpoints, sometimes there are differences in viewpoints. That's why we also suggest that farmers should have an option to choose either or and that should have also been on the survey."

Source : Portageonline

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