{"id":350857,"date":"2024-11-11T15:28:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350857"},"modified":"2024-11-11T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:28:34","slug":"farmers-warn-labours-net-zero-fertiliser-tax-will-push-up-food-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350857","title":{"rendered":"Farmers warn Labour\u2019s net zero \u2018fertiliser tax\u2019 will push up food prices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chancellor accused of dealing further blow to British agriculture following inheritance tax raid with \u2018under the radar\u2019 carbon levy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labour has been accused of dealing another Budget blow to farmers<\/a> with its so-called \u201cfertiliser tax\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed plans to introduce a levy on key agricultural imports such as fertiliser in order to meet\u00a0net zero goals<\/a>. The Telegraph<\/a> has the story.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The carbon border adjustment mechanism<\/a> (CBAM), due to begin in 2027, will tax carbon-emitting imports such as fertiliser, cement, aluminium and products from the hydrogen and steel industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes amid outrage over the Chancellor\u2019s \u00a31 million cap on agricultural property relief<\/a>, nicknamed the \u201cfamily farm tax\u201d, also introduced in the Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The carbon tax on fertiliser is expected to be set at around \u00a350 to \u00a375 per tonne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government sources said they expect the impact on farmers to be modest and for there to be no effect on\u00a0food prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But farmers disagree, warning it could hurt business and feed through to supermarket shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Walston of Thriplow Farm, a 900-hectare family farm, told The Telegraph\u2019s Daily T podcast<\/a> that the carbon tax on fertiliser had been introduced \u201cunder the radar\u201d compared to the controversial changes to agricultural property relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Labour has been accused of dealing another Budget blow to farmers with its so-called \u201cfertiliser tax\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed plans to introduce a levy on key agricultural imports such as fertiliser in order to meet net zero goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":350862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691821234,691831423,691820941,691818154,691823489,691831424],"class_list":{"0":"post-350857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-farming","9":"tag-inheritance-tax","10":"tag-labour-party","11":"tag-net-zero","12":"tag-rachel-reeves","13":"tag-the-budget","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0tn-farm-tax-exemption.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1tgZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":351172,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=351172","url_meta":{"origin":350857,"position":0},"title":"The War on Fertiliser Comes to Britain","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"14\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Having made an excellent start in trying to make British citizens both colder and poorer, the Net Zero fanatics in the new Labour Government are turning their attention to making them hungrier. 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