THE state's peak farming body has challenged the coal seam gas industry to prove it will not damage agricultural water supplies and called on companies to disclose on a public register the chemicals they use during fracking.
In a submission to a state parliamentary inquiry, the NSW Farmers' Association also called for changes to laws so land-holders have the right to stop coal seam gas drilling companies entering private land.
''The farmers think that any impact on farm operations is too much impact - anything that can't be fully mitigated is just not acceptable,'' the association's president, Fiona Simson, said.
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