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Cow Fart Issue Still Alive??

Richard Doolittle

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'Cow Tax' Concerns Thune

A South Dakota Senator is concerned a so-called cow tax could cripple the livestock industry in South Dakota.

The proposed tax would cost hog producers about $40 a head. Beef producers would pay an $87 per head tax. Dairy cows would be taxed up to $125 a head. All because in large numbers the animals emit significant amounts of methane.

"It basically would completely wipeout an industry that is critical to our state's economy and it seems to me at least, to be an incredible overreach on the part of the E.P.A." Senator John Thune said.

It's not a done deal, but the Environmental Protection Agency is trying pass the measure under the Federal Clean Air Act.

Thune says the greenhouse gas regulations were put in place to manage emissions from smoke stacks and vehicles, not livestock.




Jon Wilson
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badaxemoo

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Richard Doolittle said:
'Cow Tax' Concerns Thune

A South Dakota Senator is concerned a so-called cow tax could cripple the livestock industry in South Dakota.

The proposed tax would cost hog producers about $40 a head. Beef producers would pay an $87 per head tax. Dairy cows would be taxed up to $125 a head. All because in large numbers the animals emit significant amounts of methane.

"It basically would completely wipeout an industry that is critical to our state's economy and it seems to me at least, to be an incredible overreach on the part of the E.P.A." Senator John Thune said.

It's not a done deal, but the Environmental Protection Agency is trying pass the measure under the Federal Clean Air Act.

Thune says the greenhouse gas regulations were put in place to manage emissions from smoke stacks and vehicles, not livestock.




Jon Wilson
© 2009 KELOLAND TV. All Rights Reserved.

Didn't the original regulation have a cutoff - I think you had to have a certain number of cattle or hogs to fall under the tax.

Anyone know the number?
 

Triangle Bar

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25 Dairy Cows
50 Beef Cows
Not sure how many pigs.....supposedly this many animals on an operation would put out 100 tons of a greenhouse gas.

This hogwash is not only limited to animal Ag either. Crop production emits nitrous oxide from fertilizer and methane from rice production, and fields that emit 100 tons of carbon would also be subject to permitting requirements as well. Any farm with 500 acres of corn, 250 acres of soybeans, 350 acres of potatoes or only 35 acres of rice would be forced to obtain Clean Air Act permits.
 
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