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EPA ‘Cow Tax’ Could Charge $175 per Dairy Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases
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Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
January 5, 2008
Call this one of the newest and innovative the ways your government has come up with to battle greenhouse gas emissions.
Indirectly it could be considered a cheeseburger tax, but one of the suggestions offered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is to levy a tax on livestock.
The ANPR, released early this year, would give the EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse gas for not only greenhouse gas from manmade sources like transportation and industry, but also “stationary” sources which would include livestock.
The New York Farm Bureau assigned a price tag to the cost of greenhouse gas regulation by the EPA in a release last month.
“The tax for dairy cows could be $175 per cow, and $87.50 per head of beef cattle. The tax on hogs would upwards of $20 per hog,” the release said. “Any operation with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs would have to obtain permits.”
Kate Galbraith, correspondent for The New York Times, noted on the Times’ “Green Inc.” blog that such a “proposal is far from being enacted” and that the “hysteria may be premature.”
But Rick Krause, senior director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau, warned it’s certainly feasible – especially based on the rhetoric of President-elect Barack Obama and the use of the EPA to combat global warming. Such action by an Obama administration would take an act of Congress for livestock to be exempt.
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“The new president has been on record as saying that he really supports regulating greenhouse gases out of the Clean Air Act,” Krause said to the Business & Media Institute. “So, we really have to keep an eye on it. Legislation would really be the only way to exempt it at this point – the cow tax.”
Krause said it is difficult to quantify the cost that might be passed directly to the consumer by farmers from the legislation, but predicted it would mean higher costs for dairy production.
“It’s hard to figure what it would do to consumer prices since farmers, unlike other industries, really can’t pass their cost along directly like utilities and things do,” “About the only thing we could realistically come up, in terms of any of this stuff – it would add between 7 and 8 cents per gallon of milk costs to farmers. So it would cost them 7 or 8 cents more to produce a gallon of milk.”
Even the Department of Agriculture warned the EPA that smaller farms and ranches would have difficulty with limits as much as 100 tons annually on emissions:
“If GHG emissions from agricultural sources are regulated under the CAA, numerous farming operations that currently are not subject to the costly and time-consuming Title V permitting process would, for the first time, become covered entities. Even very small agricultural operations would meet a 100-tons-per-year emissions threshold. For example, dairy facilities with over 25 cows, beef cattle operations of over 50 cattle, swine operations with over 200 hogs, and farms with over 500 acres of corn may need to get a Title V permit. It is neither efficient nor practical to require permitting and reporting of GHG emissions from farms of this size. Excluding only the 200,000 largest commercial farms, our agricultural landscape is comprised of 1.9 million farms with an average value of production of $25,589 on 271 acres. These operations simply could not bear the regulatory compliance costs that would be involved.”
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January 5th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
~The only way we can stop this foolishness is to get the word out that this is a total scam…IM NOT PAYING MORE! The farmer don’t want to charge me more, i don’t want to pay more…only thing is is a corrupt bastard in between us trying to scam money for a fake lie.
~GLOBAL WARNING’S A SCAM!
January 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Is the “cow tax” for real? Some New York farmers are “steamed”, saying they can’t afford it!
In Rensselaer County, Brunswick dairy farmer Ken Herrington’s farm has been in the family for generations. For the last few years, they’ve fought lower milk prices and high feed and fuel prices. “We’re running negative cash flow,” says Herrington.
That’s why Herrington, like many other New York farmers, is up in arms about what the New York Farm Bureau calls a “cow tax”. There’s concern that when a cow flatulates, methane gas is emitted, which could contribute to potential global warming.
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering regulating greenhouse gases—like methane—through new permits. The Farm Bureau says those permits are tantamount to a tax, that would cost dairymen like Herrington 175 dollars a head.
“We have about 12 hundred cows on the farm,” says Herrington. So at 175 dollars a head? “That’s a couple hundred thousand a year, ” Herrington says.
Herrington says the already beleaguered farm industry can’t take a hit like that and keep going. “If you threw this at us, I mean we’re done. This dairy here would be done.”
So, will the permits come to pass? Herrington says he doesn’t know for sure but says he needs the public’s help.
“They need to call their Congressman, their Senators, it’s gotta stop. It’s ridiculous,” Herrington adds.
The Environmental Protection Agency and its spokesman says there is “no cow tax”. He says that might be what the Farm Bureau is calling it but the EPA does not consider it as such. He says that it’s “way too early” to know what decision on the permits might be made, and says the agency is still reviewing public comment on the matter.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
They’re dreaming up this threat in order to put dairy and cattle farms out of business. Then we’ll have to get our products from China and we know how good their crap is. We’ll all be sick and dying while the traitors in Washington line their pockets with more blood money. When will we put a stop to it all?
January 5th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
~UFOs are real…wacky people that want attention and have mental problems also real…hope we dont confuse them both…see just ask the cows above ^^ I hear a few them have a few missing relatives..lol
January 5th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Surely, the only way to make a profit on a dairy cow will be to pump it full of RBGH
January 5th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
As the blackhawk helicopter lowered to gather up the limp body of Carl Wells, aptly subdued by the new nervestun function added to his PMT (Personal Methane Tank), the other pedestrians on Downtown Blvd. did their best to continue walking and take no notice, since noticing, in itself, was a felony…
January 5th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
the next tax from our government will be every time you blink that will be $100 tax.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Wow, just wow..
January 5th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Great !
Now we will have “pay toilets” again…. a pay per crap for people is next. I’ll get my money’s worth tho… I fart ALLOT.. It’s my salute to the politicians that run this country
January 5th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
this actually is a good thing. let me explain myself. according to this article small farms won’t be subject to this tax. if i have less than 50 beef cattle i won’t be above the limit of emmisions.
so this tax will actually only hurt the large farms which is a good thing.
correct me is i have interpreted this article wrong…
January 5th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
…and what is this taz going towards?…building a machine or something? these people just keep finding ways to pocket money
January 5th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
This is the fastes way to outsorce our meat ,milk and so ! Try to buy raw milk and see what it gets you or how many days in jail (PROTECTING YOU FROM YOUR SELF) raw milk is one of the most healthy s things you could drink !
January 5th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Anything related to a carbon tax is all crap. Humans have not been on earth long enough to even know the cycles of earth; all of what’s going on could be a natural occurrence for all we know (or don’t). Carbon tax or any other variation is just another way for the government to take more money from people, making it hard for families to eat.
‘It’s hard to figure what it would do to consumer prices since farmers, unlike other industries, really can’t pass their cost along directly like utilities and things do’. Oh what a bunch of crap! That’s exactly what the farmers will do, they’re already having financial trouble and probably couldn’t take on this extra cost on their own.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
~ALIEN SHIP ATTACKS FARM, GETS STUCK IN BARN?
~UFOS are real just ask the cows..lmao (cow mutilations) Now im not saying there driven by aliens..though im sure some are somewhere..not because of anyone’s personal account, or movie, or photograph, recording, or physical evidence…simply on the fact that the government cover up of silence speaks 1000 words. Anyone that looks into the issue will clearly see the gazillion of dollars put into keeping UFO’s silent. The same “scientific dictatorship” is covering it up that is normally spoken about (NWO). UFO cover up is NOT against the INFOWARS theory..the proven fact of government cover up through out the decades on such a scale clearly shows this is a serious issue and that massive cover ups can not only happen but can happen in overlays, in my opinion. JUST ASK THE COWS, they will tell you! (jk) =)
~I wouldn’t get into this topic either though, their are better prepared people for the subject and no one can expect anyone man (Alex) to cover all the weirdness and wickedness of the NWO. I’m glad Infowars sticks to what it does. Unlike my writings here and the topic of the article ^^
~Aliens wont save your arse when martial law comes people..so listen up to Alex and piss on the green guys for now!
January 5th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Do farts have lumps??
January 5th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
This is actually good news , it shows that they are stock raving nuts !!! When they’ll talk about
taxing shadows , we’ll have won !!!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
This really is a gas tax.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Don’t they make beano for cows?
January 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
And the effed up part is that everyone will be behind this…reminds me of prop 2 in California which gave rights to slaughterhouse animals. Ranchers in this state are going to inevitably go under. I would assume that the owners of dairy cows can’t afford $175 a pop annually so they will go under too. I would expect the government to not only be running our banks but our hospitals and farms by this time next year.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Cow gas a danger to our enviroment? Damn there are a lot of stupid people out there.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I live in NC and drive to SC to get Raw Milk where its legal.
They told me a few weeks back about this tax and how they may not survive if it goes into effect.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
“…to Curb Greenhouse Gases” In other words, once the tax is paid, the cows will cease to defecate? Sounds like a great idea! Of course, the farmer will pay this tax or be threatened with some type of penalty. More small farms and farmers down the drain. More corporate farms for all of us…and they’ll get a tax break for cow methane! Instead of proposing something so ridiculous, why not a program to turn the methane into a usable fuel source for use on the farm? Watch out, they’ll be taxing us next based on the number of times we flush the toilet!
Once again, I must ask…”Who the hell gets paid to think up this outlandish stuff (Bull Shit?).” With the current state of affairs in our country/world, this is one of the best things we can concern ourselves with? It really is too late folks. The slate needs to be wiped clean and a new start made, but don’t look for it in the coming administration. That’s already been packed with retreads from previous losing administrations.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Cows do not “fart”, they burp up the methane.
This is all about consolidation and total control of the food supply. Remember people, Codex Alimentarious goes into effect on December 31, 2009!
Plenty of small farmers have over 50 cows, so it will destroy the small independent farmers who do their best to bring us clean, hormone and chemical free meat.
It doesn’t look good for the kid!
January 5th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
They say cow gas is bad. LMAO.. If they want to tax gas the why not just tax all the refried bean eaters or greasy food eaters. they put out some plenty rank stuff. Definately flammable.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
First, I doubt that this tax will really be enacted. If it is; simply divide up your farm and lease the smaller portions to fake corporations that you control. Where there is a will there is a way. I did see a program where a farmer put all the manure under tarps and used the methane to run a portion of his operation.
Less is more when it comes to government.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
#23 Right you are! at least they hope that people are all that dumb. I live on a farm and grew up on one,this is BS; worse;because BS makes good fertilizer,this nonsense is useless!
Anything that rots puts out CO2/methane ect, how much do you suppose swamps/lakes and wetland bogs produce? I mean they love these things,I guess now we have to drain them all in order to save the planet! Man made warming is a UN spon marxist plan to take control of the very enviroment and by extension ….us!
Add to this the UN/corporatist plan to tag/chip every animal on earth(NAIS) and genetic pollution and you can see the end comming for farmers and individuals who want to raise their own food,the monsantos of the world want total control over the food supply and the govt wants total control over us …so hence all this BS!
January 5th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
All that needs be said is….the EPA morons have put themselves on the “red” list
January 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
This won’t stop with cow farts. Someday, we’ll all be taxed for eating beans.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I guess Americans can always get their milk from China when the price for dairy products goes up.
The government has said that melamine is okay for you after all!
PS I’m being sarcastic.
January 5th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
ha,ha,ha,ha does any of it even matter anymore.
January 5th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Damn!I guess we’ll have to collect poop from deer,racoons,armadillos,opossums and coyotes!Or maybe we can tax them too.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
I haul raw milk out of dairies in an 18 wheeler tanker and spend alot of time in the barns so I can get samples for the plant to test the milk. 99% of the milk is rBST (rBGH) free as people and distributors got alot of flack from consumers, so the dairy farmers changed the feed/silage to ensure the milk is rBST free. Otherwise, it can go to a cheese plant, powder plant, etc, but that’s about as far as that goes. If you look at the milk cartons that do not have this bovine growth hormone in it, it will say ‘rBST free’ as USDA requires that. But the cheese plants take grade A milk and grade B milk as well. Powder plants the same. I get so tired of the govt regulating all aspects of my life…can’t wait to pick a few of them off when the time comes. So much crap is happening in the dairy and food products hauling industry and lots of people are losing jobs because of govt rules/regs…wonder if I’ll have ajob within the next 6 months, if all hell doesn’t break loose soon……I’m really ready to bring the nwo on ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 6th, 2009 at 2:36 am
and its is one tax i call WICKED TAX
January 6th, 2009 at 2:36 am
we should tax Congress for passing such trashy laws
January 6th, 2009 at 2:38 am
and eating boiled dinner
BUT did you know the Goverment allows lawless zones dont know what a lawless zone is just go to your neighborhood crack house
that is how you define a lawless zone plenty of crime and no resolv
January 6th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I think it’s time for a “Washington Cow Tax Party”. Maybe dump a few tons of Cow Shit on the steps of the EPA…& Congress…White House…You wouldn’t smell it because of the overwhelming stink that is already permeating the areas…
January 6th, 2009 at 9:41 am
What about all these fat ass’s going around farting that smells like raw shit. Man, it seems like they all wait till they get inside walmart to take a dump in there sweat pants.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:51 am
FCUK THOSE NEO-SCUM MUTHAFUKAZ, BOY BUSH & O”BAAAA”MA BIN LADEN TOO !!
INFOWARRIORS ? STEP-UP TO THE FRONTLINE, & LET’S COMMENCE OUR INFOWAR !!!
RETURN POWER 2 THE PEOPLE, RETURNED BY THE PEOPLE, AND 4 THE PEOPLE
* RON PAUL….4….PRESIDENT *
* DAVID ICKE….4…..VICE-PRESIDENT *
* ALEX JONES……..4……SECRETARY-OF-STATE *
IT’S REVOLUTION TIME FOLKS
January 6th, 2009 at 11:14 am
None of this would even be an issue if the MSM would get off thier chickenshit asses and tell the truth for once! My best friend laughed his ass off for twenty minutes when I told him they were going to tax cow farts, then I showed him the article.
My God! We are certainly an oppressed nation!
January 6th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
This is so ridiculous it just makes me sick! What next are they going to tax us for exhaling carbon, I mean seriously?!
January 6th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
ASK what has HAARP, ChemTrails, and Global Warming all have in common. A carbon tax. Problem, Reaction, Solution.
Create the problem with chemtrails and HAARP. (Solar cycle notwithstanding)
Scare the bejeebers out of the public with melting glaciers.
Blame the problem on carbon emissions and point at planet Venus.
Tax the hell out of common man, further depriving him of his resources(freedom)
hand the booty over to the illuminists to fund further chemtrail operations
Demand to know from the politicos what’s going on with the chemtrails. The way they spray around here it’s got to cost a real fortune. They wouldn’t be doing it if it weren’t extremely profitable in one way or another.
January 7th, 2009 at 1:13 am
How much plainer can these eco-freaks make it? It’s them or us, folks. What’s yer pleasure?
January 7th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Wouldn’t be a depression without the cattle industry.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
http://WWW.REALMILK.COM
February 7th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I think this is a great Idea! Do we really need cows. They are way to expensive in terms of land usage to energy ratio. We don’t need Cows! If they get too expensive find something else to grow. The only way the American people will change is to effect their pocketbook.