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Have your say - pricing options for agricultural emissions

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It's time to have your say on greenhouse gas emission pricing systems.

Arable growers are urged to have their say during the He Waka Eke Noa emissions pricing option consultation process which got underway today.

To help you to understand the three agricultural greenhouse gas pricing options currently under consideration, FAR has developed a series of information sheets (see below). These sheets outline each option in some detail, and provide summaries comparing the pros and cons of each option for agriculture in general, and for arable in particular. We have also modelled some examples of how much each system might cost your farm and provided background information on exactly what gases are included in on-farm emissions and how on-farm sequestration will be recognised.

FAR will also be running call-in sessions during February where staff will be on hand to answer any of your questions. Check out the Events page of the FAR website for the dates, times and call-in links.

It is important to note that the diversity of arable farm systems makes it impossible to provide generic estimates of the likely cost of the three greenhouse gas emissions pricing options for any one business. This is why it is so important for you to work out your farm’s emissions number.

Several tools are available to do this, and E-Check, which has been created by FAR, specifically for arable farms is one of the easiest to use. E-Check can be found in the Environment and Compliance section of the FAR website www.far.org.nz 

The consultation process runs until 1 March 2022.

Register for a FAR online Q&A 

HWEN pricing survey - complete it here

Information sheets and summaries

Backstop-agriculture-in-the-nz-ets.pdf

He-waka-eke-noa-option-1-farm-level-levy.pdf

He-waka-eke-noa-option-2-processor-level-hybrid-levy.pdf

Summary-of-options.pdf

Pros-and-cons-of-each-option-for-arable.pdf

Estimated-pricing-impacts-on-arable-farm-systems.pdf

Biogenic-greenhouse-gas-emissions.pdf

Split-gas-levy-approach.pdf

Recognising-carbon-sequestration-on-farm.pdf

FULL PRICING CONSULTATION DOCUMENT

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