National farmers group praises Labor plan to cut agriculture emissions

The nation's peak farming group has backed a Labor plan to curb greenhouse gas pollution from agriculture but described a pledged crackdown on mass land-clearing as “worrying".

Methane from cows are the biggest contributor to
agriculture's contribution to global warming.

A future Shorten government would reduce land sector emissions by expanding a voluntary scheme that financially rewards farmers who plant trees, retain vegetation or reduce carbon pollution through other means. It would also exempt the farm sector from having to meet firm carbon reduction targets.

Read the story from The Age by Nicole Hasham - “National farmers group praises Labor plan to cut agriculture emissions.”