Meet the Greens – Agriculture

The seconds Greens policy I am looking at is Agriculture. They key aspects are:

• Ban all synthetic nitrogen fertilisers
• Adjusting stocking rates according to the holding capacity of the land;

So what would this cost?

• The ban on nitrogen fertilisers has been estimated to cost the economy $19.6 billion and destroy 70,000 jobs. The only country on Earth to do this was Sri Lanka, which led to soaring food prices, reduced crop yields, and a major economic crisis, before they backtracked. So the Greens are advocating for something that has been proven to be a disaster.
• The adjusting stocking rates policy is code for shooting cows because they fart and burp too much. They have talked in the past about a 20% reduction, which would reduce export earnings by $5.4 billion a year.

So policy number 2 would cost the economy $25 billion a year and get rid of 70,000 jobs. Makes their ACC policy look modest.