At the World Food Prize, Microsoft CTO Ranveer Chandra urged farmers to adopt AI for pest detection, data-driven decisions, and trial evaluation to avoid falling behind.

An avian flu outbreak at a UK poultry farm led to 2,000 bird deaths and a 29,000-bird cull, triggering strict protection zones to contain further spread.

drought conditions, fuel and fertiliser costs and the continuing effects of bluetongue disease were creating major challenges for producers. global conflicts had caused "a massive impact on our input prices for growing crops and food"