Throughout its 84 years of existence, the UPA has always been concerned with anticipating the future and adopting directions that would allow it to better deal with tomorrow’s challenges. More than once, this allowed the UPA to be at the forefront of issues and to play a leadership role in the community.

This section sets out some of our concerns and pursues the tradition. Behind each theme this section addresses, you will discover the trends that could very well influence Québec’s farm sector in the coming years. We have tried to identify the issues that more particularly concern each of these themes and set out the major directions that will allow our organization to position itself for the future.

The result of a large-scale consultation exercise, these directions mark the way our members want their organization to take. They indicate where we intend to go in the coming years, what our development priorities and our main areas of intervention will be. It is the expression of our common choices. The goal is always the same: to defend the interests of farm producers and to support the development of our agriculture.