Key influences on New Zealand agribusiness
Insights from the
Southern Field Days
Respondents by profession
This year, over three days at the
Southern Field Days, we asked
farmers, rural professionals and
others involved in New Zealand
agribusiness what factors they felt
would have the largest influence on
the sector over the next 12 months.
Below is a summary by percentage
of the top five positive and negative
influences identified by the survey.
Other 12.4%
Dairy 22.7%
Sheep & Beef 29.9%
Professional
Services 20.6%
Rural Supports
Services 5.2%
Cropping 3.1%
Bloodstock 1.0%
Other Livestock 2.1%
Positive influences
Viticulture/Horticulture 3.1%
73.02%
69.07%
64.95%
64.95%
62.98%
Technology
Farm management
practices
Interest rates
Connectivity
Education and
training
64.95%
61.86%
60.82%
55.67%
54.64%
Commodity prices
Regulation
Succession
Climatic conditions
Human resources Negative influences
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Over the three days of Southern Field Days an in-depth, supervised survey was conducted on 97 random participants. These are the results.
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