The government wants farmers to pay for agricultural emissions for carbon dioxide and methane from 2025.
It will be a farm-level split gas approach, but the industry is not happy with the proposal.
Federated Farmers says it will rip the guts out of small-town New Zealand.
The agriculture minister Damien O'Connor refuted that, saying the scheme was close to what the farmers' group He Waka Eke Noa had proposed and the government was now asking for feedback.
He spoke to Charlotte Cook.
