• Lowering and removing tariffs on exports through the negotiation of free trade agreements with key importers
• With Iranian having sanctions lifted there is potential for an increase animal exports, as Iranian in the past was the second largest importer of sheep meat, with New Zealand dominating the trade
• If sanctions are lifted on Russia it will help the dairy industry pick up
• If farming subsidies are reduced or remove in the European union
• TTP has the potential to liberalise investment and trade among 12 countries in the pacific-rim
• Liberalised trade policies in New Zealand to gain cheaper access to imported goods
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• Dairy farmers moving back to sheep and beef and potentially moving into cropping thus increasing competition
• With the falling dairy pay out, it increases financial difficulty of many farmers resulting in financial institutions being more reluctant for financing
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• Potential for GMO crops, leading to increased yields
• Improved equipment and machinery- reducing running costs
• Improved resources and quality of inputs
• Improvements in communications
• Identify market trends so enterprises can be arranged according
• Improve transport links and efficient used of infrastructure
• Irrigation systems
• Access to information in real time
• Variable rate irrigation being more widely available
• Become reliant on technology
• Development of products that are substitutes
• Failure of technology could have a major effect on profitability
• Potential to lose strong green image if farming becomes to intensive and GMO could also tarnish image
• The wrong information signed through
Environmental
• Continue to improve biosecurity to ensure that pest and diseased that will have a major impact of the agricultural and arable industries do not enter, such as foot and mouth
• To improve the sustainability of farming operations
• Increased access to water through the Rutaniwha water storage scheme
• The environmental perspective of customers can heavily reduce their purchases
• Poor sustainability can have a major impact of the future of farming
• Changing weather conditions can have a major effect on