Ten Major Trends in Agriculture
1. Costs and risk aspects of climate change & impact of carbon tax
2. The cost & scarcity of water
3. The declining competitiveness of the Australian agri-food sector, eg it costs around 2.4 times to slaughter and process a cow in Australia c.f. USA
4. The shift in value along the supply chain
5. Corporatised farming and foreign ownership
6. Market access & biosecurity
7. Social values & accountability (largely driven by social media)
8. Growing global demand for food
9. Threats to the agriculture supply base
10. Technology
(source: Andrew Cornell, 2013b)