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Farming industry reacts to new tax emissions plan

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Oct 2022, 9:07pm
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Farming industry reacts to new tax emissions plan

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Oct 2022, 9:07pm

The Government has outlined their new agriculture emissions scheme, where farmers will be expected to pay for their methane emissions in order to counteract climate change.

This strategy, the He Waka Eke Noa report, has been met with some backlash from farming communities and lobby groups.

Jamie Mackay, host of The Country, explains that the farmers aren't against reducing agricultural emissions, but this taxation strategy is counterproductive.

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