Abstract
We live in interesting times. The words above used to be associated with a Chinese curse but now "interesting times" are simply life as we know it. The past 12 months in global agriculture have encompassed rapidly changing commodity prices, floods, fires, tsunamis, earthquakes, the emissions trading scheme discussions, statements about water quality and debates on alternative product and farm ownerships. Resilience is increasingly the call, at the same time as farmers are being urged to increase productivity by adopting new technologies whilst living within increasingly stringent regulations. A remarkable number of reports containing implications for agriculture have been released over the last few months addressing the same issues from different perspectives. Bringing them together indicates a role for New Zealand agriculture beyond that of increasingly efficient food productivity - also known as Business As Usual (BAU). The challenge, as always, is how to achieve that role.
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