Jacinda Ardern released a tax plan outline that would require farmers to pay for agricultural emissions by 2025 today.
The plan has been considered as a step forward in the decades-long discussion to find a way to hold farms accountable for producing a substantial amount of methane emissions.
Barry Soper, political editor, talks about the mass reaction to this tax plan announcement, and how farming lobby groups aren't as impressed as the rest of the world seems to be.
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