Cow tax proposal would threaten agriculture viability

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Cow tax proposal would threaten agriculture viability

"With the economy in bad shape and the possibility of a deep recession looming, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to levy new taxes—on cows and pigs," American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Regulatory Relations Rick Krause told Wyoming Farm Bureau members at their annual meeting.  Krause spoke in Sheridan on Nov. 7.

            "This is no laughing matter," Krause said.  "The cow tax and the pig tax are parts of a larger scheme by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act."

            "Under the proposal, if a state charged the "presumptive minimum rate" from the EPA, the cow tax would be $175 per dairy cow, $87.50 per head for beef cattle and a little more than $20 per pig," Krause explained.

            Krause explained that the U.S. Department of Agriculture says that a producer with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs would emit more than 100 tons of carbon and be subject to the permitting requirements.  "These thresholds would impact 99 percent of dairy producers, over 90 percent of beef producers and 95 percent of hog producers in the United States," Krause stated.

 


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MountainDon

The EPA is so full of  horse$^it  they emit more greenhouse gas than all the livestock.

Seriously, that tax would raise the price of food again. Crimoney, between increasing existing taxes, introducing new taxes, removing food from the food supply, throwing good money after bad (the bailouts), and Posolegate we're royally screwed.


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I don't think it's a problem, Don.  Go take a Midol...you'll feel better soon.... ::)
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Sassy

I can identify with you MtnDon  ;)  I read that & just said "oh brother" what won't they think of next...  our criminal politicians are going insane!   [crz]  [toilet]
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Homegrown Tomatoes

Again, it hits the small family farmers and homesteaders the hardest.  What stupidity will they come up with next?  Seems common sense has gone the way of the dinosaur.


Sassy

Well, what with the carbon tax clause hidden in the 100's of pages of the bailout debacle (that's getting to be a favorite word of mine...) and the IRS clause that they can use people to set you up for a fall - only the international bankers/investors are safe...  the little guy, the little farm - what do they care?  Oh, BTW, aren't they all supposed to be chipped with RFID's so that they know exactly how many animals you have?  Aren't they making the farmers register all their animals? 

I know that in California, all almonds have to be pasteurized...  so most of the nutrients are cooked out of the nuts...  stupid, stupid, stupid...  costs the farmers more money & degrades the almonds...  just because they thought that there might have been salmonella at one time - they don't even know if it was really true...  just like the tomatoes & peppers last year.  The small farmers were hurt because they couldn't sell their produce...  and the problem was actually from Mexico where they were using human waste to fertilize the fields  d* d* d*
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