Larry Williams Drive

This can’t happen: The plan the Government has to force farmers to pay for their emissions. They cannot persist with this plan as it is. In its current form it is going to be a devastating for farming communities…and given how important farming is to our national income… it’s going to be terrible for our economy. If they persist with this, they will shut down up to 20% of lamb production, 20% of our wool, and 14% of our beef.    If it translates directly into the number of farms that go under, that’s one in five sheep farmers who are not going to be able to keep farming. Think about what that means for everyone else who relies on those farms:  The meat processors? We won’t need as many of them.  The transportation companies? We won’t need as many of them. They will close. The rural communities? They will die as people pack up and leave. The schools? They’ll shut. The shops? They’ll shut.  Sheep and beef accounts for 92,000 workers in this country.  If this leads to a straight 20% loss of workers, that’s 18 an