According to an online survey by ShapeNZ, a website run by the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development, only 10 per cent of farm owners and managers want to be a part of the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Based on answers given by 2369 respondents, the survey showed nearly half of those responding, who weren't farm owners, wanted farmers in the scheme.
A further difference in expectations exists regarding who should pay for excess emissions from agriculture, with most wanting the public to pay for some of the industry's excess emissions.
Forty per cent of farm owners and managers want between 80 and 90 per cent of their emissions covered by the taxpayer and 24 per cent wanted the public to pick up the entire tab. However, the general public is not so supportive, with 31 per cent saying they don't want to pay for any of the farming sector's excess emissions.
The survey, which ShapeNZ says has a margin for error of plus or minus two per cent, also provides a breakdown of some results based on the voting habits of those polled.
This shows most of the public want the farming sector included in the emissions trading scheme, except those who voted for the ACT political party at the 2008 general election, 64 per cent of whom want agriculture to be removed from the scheme.