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The battle for NZ’s farming heartland: Groundswell, ACT and the changing face of rural politics

Andrew Hoggard’s resignation in May as president of Federated Farmers, followed swiftly by his appearance high on the ACT Party’s candidate list, might have seemed seem like just another of the election’s minor subplots.

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The price of failure on farm emissions

More delays to pricing biogenic methane begs the question, are we all in this together?

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New Zealand announces changes to agricultural emissions scheme to help farmers

The New Zealand government said on Wednesday that having listened to concerns raised by farm groups it was making changes to its proposed plans to price agricultural long-lived gases and biogenic methane that mainly comes from cow and sheep burps.

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'Fiscal risk' in farmers' preferred pricing plan – Treasury

The Government's economic advisors warned He Waka Eke Noa proposal wasn't 'grounded in sound economic principles'.

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Farming groups want methane targets halved

The post-He Waka Eke Noa farming consensus on climate action is starting to look a lot like the opposition that pre-dated the pricing agreement.

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The fixation on a PM’s COP-out

Should we care Jacinda Ardern has skipped every UN climate summit?

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Young farmers the angriest of all, says Todd Muller

The hopelessness and anger in the rural sector right now is palpable in a way he's never seen before, National's agriculture spokesperson tells political editor Jo Moir.

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Sweetheart climate payouts for farmers

Agricultural emissions are behind two thirds of the warming New Zealand is responsible for, but the sector is slated to get special benefits under the Government's farm pricing proposal.

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Tractor protests and hot air: Our greatest emitters put up the biggest fight

In the third of our Net Zero: The Road to 2050 podcasts, Nikki Mandow turns her attention to the most contentious climate sector – agriculture.

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Crunch time for calculating farming emissions

Agricultural businesses need not worry about their initial emissions result being held against them, according to industry leaders

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The leaky logic of emissions leakage in farming climate plan

By playing to the lowest and most fearful common denominator, He Waka Eke Noa robbed our farmers of a future in which they would have become true leaders on climate at home and abroad.

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Farm pricing to cut emissions by just 1 percent

The primary sector's plan to price and reduce emissions from livestock and fertiliser is rooted in wishful thinking about technology that is not yet proven at scale.

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New Zealand farmers propose paying for emissions to tackle climate change

Agriculture sector faced pressure to act or be forced into the country’s emissions trading scheme, from which it is currently exempt

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