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Farmers may pay a stiff price for contributions to global warming
Source: Copyright 2008, Des Moines Register
Date: November 29, 2008
Byline: Philip Brasher
Original URL: Status ONLINE
Farmers are being warned they could pay a stiff price for their contributions to global warming.
That could happen if the Environmental Protection Agency goes forward with regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the federal Clean Air Act, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department.
Under the law, livestock operations of all sizes and farms with as few as 500 acres of corn could exceed emissions thresholds and would be required to pay for permits, USDA says.
These fees could amount to as much as $20 for every hog and $175 per dairy cow, says Rick Krause, who follows climate policy for the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Ron Sparks, a Democrat who is Alabama's agriculture commissioner and president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, says the fees would drive livestock farmers out of business.
"At a time when we are becoming more and more reliant on other countries for our food, we ...
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