National Farmers Union

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...

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...

Meet Erica Williams, founder and executive director of A Red Circle, a non-profit promoting community betterment in North St. Louis County, Missouri through the lens of racial equity. Erica is a Missouri Farmers Union member and an NFU Advocacy Training alum.

We continue planting just futures with Romondo Woods II, youth educator, urban farmer and founder of Urban Youth Agriculture –– which doubles as a production farm and education space for youth and young adults throughout Detroit. He is a 2023 Beginner Farmer Institute alum.

Meet British Griffis, a food supply chain professional and urban farmer working to address the needs of her community on the far South Side of Chicago. British is an Illinois Farmers Union member and 2023 Beginner Farmer Institute alum.

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. 🧵

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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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!

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...

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 - National Farmers U...

🚨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!

"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.
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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!

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 ...

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."

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