Groundswell NZ says it will hold a nationwide "tractor protest" next Thursday in response to the Government's new agriculture emissions plan.
The world-first scheme that will see farmers paying for agricultural emissions in some form by 2025 is out for consultation Tuesday.
It drew strong criticism from some farming lobby groups who see it as a step too far and will only push emissions offshore, while environmental groups say it does not go far enough.
The rural lobby group's co-founder Bryce McKenzie called the emissions pricing plan an "assault on food production and rural communities".
He said it was punitive and counterproductive.