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National Farmers Union (officially Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America) is a national federation of state Farmers Union organizations in the United States. The organization was founded in 1902 in Point, Texas , and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. .
American Farm Bureau Federation; American Poultry Association; National FFA Organization (Future Farmers of America) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry (The Grange) National Farmers Union
The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) led by César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Gilbert Padilla and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) led by organizer Larry Itliong.
As National Farmers Union vice president, Kippley will travel the nation to meet with Farmers Union members. During his first term he worked to grow membership and guarantee the voice of farmers ...
National Coffee Association; National Corn Growers Association; National Farmers Organization; National Farmers Union (United States) National Federation of Colored Farmers; National Hay Association; National Institute of Food and Agriculture; National Junior Horticultural Association; National Organic Standards Board; National Pork Board
In all of these functions, local and state farm bureaus thus became an analogue of a farmers' union or a trade association for farmers in the United States; the National Farmers Union was the other such effort, outside of small co-ops. More precisely, the local and state farm bureaus formed a network of such unions or associations with a ...
More than 23,000 farmers were approved for payments ranging from $10,000 to $500,000, according to the USDA. ... National Black Farmers Association Founder and President John Boyd Jr. said the aid ...
Grange membership has declined considerably as the percentage of American farmers has fallen from a third of the population in the early 20th century to less than two percent today. Between 1992 and 2007, the number of Grange members fell by 40%, largely due to the National Grange no longer offering insurance for its members. [12]