Cows produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from burps and flatulence. The Environmental Agency wants to tax the emissions to slow global warming.
Under these regulations, a small-sized dairy farm with 75 to 100 cows would pay between $13,000 to $22,000. A small-sized cattle operation with 200-300 cows would be charged anywhere between $17,000 and $27,000.
Ranchers and farmers were outraged by this tax that came out to $175 a dairy cow, $87.50 per head of beef cattle and $20 per hog.
The frenzy has lessened, but the senators want to lobby to assure this does not happen- especially in the current economic crunch.
The good news is The American Farm Bureau is strongly behind the Thune-Schumer bill.
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Our Australian Federal Govt has awarded $1.5m
approx. for studies into how to stop cows farting so much…..feedstock types etc
These poor cows and the farmers……I wrote and told the Minister and Shadow Minister for Energy and his apostates to leave the farmers and the cow out of this…..it would sort itself out well by forgetting CO2 and methane emissions and focussing instead on getting CLEAN emissions….wind, solar, geothermal, hydrogen, wave farms, possibly biochar……
I said it was completely ludicrous and beyond the pail (of milk?) to hang taxes onto our staples producers and exporters.
I agree completely, Jacquie. If they focused there time and energy on creating clean energy they would surely offset any emissions created by a cow.
What’s next? Humans to be taxed for methane emissions!?
These people should work on building methane digestrs to create electricity from manure rather than finding another way to put independant farmers out of business. Methane can be burned to create electricity or compressed to operate vehicles instead of gasoline. Why tax farmers? Why not benefit from the byproducts (manure) from their industry?
Great Point!