Animal Health Emergency: The New World screwworm is back in the U.S., with USDA confirming multiple new cases across Texas and New Mexico, triggering quarantines, movement controls, sterile-fly releases, and heightened vigilance for open wounds in livestock and pets. Regional Policy & Trade: South Africa logged a record $1.55bn agricultural trade surplus in Q1, driven mainly by lower import costs and strong horticulture exports, while livestock exports remain constrained by foot-and-mouth disease. Fertiliser Access & Integrity: Telangana’s fertiliser app is being touted as a national model after improvements to transparency and dealer stock visibility, while in Nigeria’s Plateau State farmers are warned about fake and adulterated fertilisers. Labour & Farm Operations: New Zealand’s ACT proposes a Rural Workforce Visa to create a year-round worker pipeline for dairy, sheep and beef as shortages bite. Soil & Climate Smart Farming: India launched “Khet Bachao Abhiyan” to push field-level soil health and balanced input use, and FAO praised China’s black-soil protection efforts. Global Coordination: BRICS agriculture ministers are meeting in Indore to align on food security, climate-smart farming, trade, and farmer welfare. Tech for Agriculture: The Philippines approved development of its MULA Earth-observation satellite for agriculture and disaster monitoring, and China’s wind-powered underwater datacentre highlights the growing push for resource-efficient infrastructure that can support ag data systems.