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Emissions scheme ‘gut wrenching’ say farmers u by Andy Bryenton
The government’s emissions trading scheme has emerged in fuller detail this week, with groups once allied to the concept reacting in horror and anger to its current form.
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“This is an important step That’s cattle and sheep out of the forward in New Zealand’s system which may never return.” The figures back up Colin transition to a low emissions Hannah’s statement. Records future and delivers on our show that in 2016 there were promise to price agriculture 1,135 livestock farms in emissions from 2025,” said Northland, but now there are prime minister Jacinda Ardern. less than 800. By 2020, there “The proposal aims to give were just 32,000 sheep left in New Zealand farmers control over their farming system, the region, a 50% reduction from providing the ability to reduce the heyday of sheep farming in the north. costs through revenue raised Colin says the knock-on effect from the system being recycled back to farmers, which will fund for the economy of every small further research, tools and town in Northland is chilling, technology and incentives to and worse, poorly structured reduce emissions.” modelling means that the desired However, opposition to climate outcomes may not be the emissions plan and its forthcoming either. associated levy is strong, with Fellow FF analyst Bronwyn Federated Farmers (FF) strident Wilson equates the national in its criticism, despite being a p Federated Farmers Northland president Colin Hannah says the economic loss of the proposed economic impact of the government’s plan for emissions and contributor in trying to formulate emissions scheme to the entire carbon on farms will be devastating a bilateral climate change New Zealand wine industry and response strategy. President of FF, Andrew before this information came down from half of the nation’s seafood fisheries Hoggard, called the news ‘gut wrenching’, the government. The reality may be worse. being wiped out. and a move that ‘rips the heart out of the I will not, and can not, stand up in front With farms lost, and farming-related work we did.’ of Northland’s farmers and say this is a support jobs such as freezing workers, Local Northland FF leader Colin Hannah good deal. engineers and milk factories gone too, is equally adamant that the impact of the “From 2016 through to the present day, acute poverty and unemployment are scheme will be devastating. we have already seen a 30% reduction forecast. Another core concern involves “Our executive said no to He Waka Eke in farms in our area, and now Fonterra farmers not being recompensed for Noa a long time back, based on the fact is of the opinion that dairy alone will carbon sequestration on their farms that so many local farmers would go out see a further 16% drop in the next year. but incentivised economically to sell of business. Three out of five Northland Nine thousand hectares of Northland up to off-shore carbon forest investors. beef farmers closing up was the estimate are already sold to forestry interests. continued on page 18 …
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