New Zealand farmers welcome opposition’s agriculture policy


The National Party would give farmers more time to adapt to a tax on farm emissions, pushing the deadline out to 2030, National Agricultural spokesman Todd McClay said. — Bloomberg

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s main opposition National Party has unveiled a more farmer-friendly policy on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a general election in October.

The party would give farmers more time to adapt to a tax on farm emissions, pushing the deadline out to 2030, National Agricultural spokesman Todd McClay said in a statement in Wellington.

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