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"

Forestry AI startup Kodama raised $7M to address severe logging labor shortages through teleoperated and autonomous heavy machinery, moving 100K+ tons of timber.

Brazil detects Newcastle disease on a Santa Catarina turkey farm, triggering auto-embargo protocols and threatening poultry shipments from the world's top exporter.