Geopolitics could be increasingly dictating the future of agriculture.  

A Rabobank report is warning tensions between the United States and China means agricultural exports are at risk of "becoming pawns on a geopolitical chessboard." 

It suggests 2026 could mark a new era of geopolitical influenced agriculture sector. 

Lincoln University Adjunct Professor of AgriScience Jacqueline Rowarth told Mike Hosking the more unstable the planet is, the more unstable business is.  

But she says New Zealand is in a good position as a small nation who are the best producers of low impact, high quality animal protein. 

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