Forum Archive Index - June 2003

["tennyson@caverock.net.nz" <tennyson@caverock.net.nz>]

Hi MacDunk,
 
>
> I have a problem with the petty stupidity of the tax on farmers re the
> kyoto accord.    First up how much to collect the tax, against how
> much will be collected.   Is the government completely stupid, or only
> slightly.   Lets look at It from macdunks lifestyle block.  Will my
> pine trees generate enough credits to counteract the grandkids pony
> farting, or where will my lemon orchard fit in. 
>

Are your Pine trees under fifteen years old?   If so, then they are still 
pulling enough carbon out of the air to be counted as carbon credits.   
Otherwise you will be paying extra! ( I'm not sure if 15 years is the 
exact figure, I'm working from memory,  so hopefully there is someone 
out there who can correct me on this if it needs doing).   

If you don't like that then 'sour grapes'.    I note you already have the 
lemons, so time to get to work on the vineyard Macdunk.

>
>The farmers of nz made this a good country to live in
>

And they also destroyed many a hectare of hillside farmland, by 
chopping down the natural vegetation which held the soil structure 
together, and letting erosion do the rest. 

Still, Macdunk.   If the farmers can discharge their flatulance tax 
responsibilities by replanting some of those hillsides, and maybe even 
being paid to do so should they plant 'too many' trees, that might be a 
good thing, both for the farmers and for New Zealand!

>   
> Perhaps that is why wrightson shares are uptrending they are getting
> in to all this stupidity and I might be the dummy after all not them.
>    

Wrightson have been studying the effect of the composition of grass 
on animal digestive systems for many years.    It is not a new thing for 
them, even if the general media have only just picked up on it.    
The way I see it, it makes sense for the farmers too.    After all, the 
more efficient the animal digestive system is, turning grass into animal 
weight, and the less food content that is wasted by belching, then the 
better off the farmer will be.  And the better off New Zealand will be.

Of course, I may be biased given that I hold WRI......   

SNOOPY

PS  While on the subject of WRI, I saw your post, Terry Weston, on 
31st May referring to a financial times article on 

"News on agricultural biotechnology  giant monsanto. how will this 
affect genesis and wri."

Unfortunately the article expired before I could get to it.   Any chance 
of giving us a synopsis?






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