12 Oct 2022

Farmers not happy with agriculture emissions proposal

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 12 October 2022

Neither farmers or environmentalists are satisfied with the government's new proposal for cutting agricultural emissions.

The proposal requires farmers to pay for their emissions from 2025.

It has largely adopted the farming sector's recommendations to price emissions at the farm level, but industry leaders want to see more reward for vegetation planting.

DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel spoke to Kim Hill.