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The government wants farmers to pay for agricultural emissions for carbon dioxide and methane from 2025.

It will be a farm-level split gas approach, but the industry is not happy with the proposal.

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The Government is proposing bringing in agriculture emission levies from 2025. It has announced its response to submissions from the Climate Change Commission and the farming partnership He Waka Eke… Audio

Farmers could escape being forced into the Emissions Trading Scheme, even if farm gate pricing isn't ready to go in 2025.

The government has announced its response to the Climate Change Commission… Audio

A consultation document on He Waka Eke Noa, the system of farmgate emissions pricing, is set to be released in about an hour.

But according to Stuff, which has seen the documents, the government is… Audio

News from the rural farming sector Audio

This week Country Life hops on board a truck heading out to clean septic tanks, chats to a 13-year-old budding scientist who's helping beef up cattle with an experiment involving copper and discovers… Audio

Thirteen-year-old budding scientist Finlay Ludbrook has had success with an experiment to see whether giving copper to cattle calves improves their condition. Audio

False teeth and wedding rings are among Mac McLaren's finds during his decades in the business of cleaning out septic tanks. Audio

Cold and extremely wet is how most are feeling in Waikato. About 110 millimetres of rain has fallen this week. Snow fell across Canterbury this week to sea level. Grass growth remains very slow with… Audio

Seaweed could be the country's new big industry. While some companies harvest seaweed in New Zealand, there are no large-scale commercial farms or hatcheries. Samantha Gee went along to the Seaweed… Audio

News from the rural farming sector Audio

A new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment was released yesterday.

It found a 50 percent increase in forestry would be required by 2050 to achieve the temperature reduction… Audio