The drought monitor remains essentially unchanged.

The government has today confirmed nearly £3 billion of funding for 2020 to support farmers once the UK leaves the EU.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s aquaculture production, estimated at 1.7 million metric tons (MT) of the global 76.6 million MT of production in 2015, continues to face fish feed shortages.

Bulls cannot breed at Inverell. They are becoming infertile from their testicles overheating. Mares are not falling pregnant, and through the heat, piglets and calves are aborting.

Cannabis could become Africa’s forbidden green gold, as African governments open up to the cultivation and processing of the stimulant for medicinal use.

Lower import levies on food, pharmaceuticals and hundreds of other products will help China keep trading with other nations as many tariffs on American products remain in place.