Jamie Mackay: host of The Country on farming industry reaction to emissions tax plan - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

The Government has outlined their new agriculture emissions scheme, where farmers will be expected to pay for their methane emissions in order to counteract climate change.

This strategy, the He Waka Eke Noa report, has been met with some backlash from farming communities and lobby groups.

Jamie Mackay, host of The Country, explains that the farmers aren't against reducing agricultural emissions, but this taxation strategy is counterproductive.

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