Farmers are not paying a cent towards a new agri-tech centre that will research reducing agricultural emissions.
The government is investing $340 million into the initiative, which will be funded by the Emissions Trading Scheme. Farmers are still exempt from the scheme for the next three years.
Environmentalists says that is unfair and once again the government is letting farmers off the hook.
Taranaki farmer Ted Gane spoke to Corin Dann.
