Fertilizer Safety & Soil Health: A new report warns that cadmium and arsenic can build up in rice-growing areas through phosphate fertilizers, raising long-term food safety risks and pointing to agroecology and organic approaches to cut exposure. Farm Finance Under Drought: Bank of Ireland announced discounted 4.88% working-capital loans for drought-affected farmers in Ireland, covering inputs like feed, seed, fuel and fertiliser, plus repayment flexibility. Climate-Smart Irrigation & Resilient Crops: In Kenya’s Turkana, farmers are using improved cowpea varieties and irrigation scheme support to keep producing despite heat and sandy soils. Soybean Processing & Testing: CHS plans a $700m soybean processing site in Wisconsin, while a regional Americas network will test soybean cultivars across 180+ environments to speed better matches for local conditions. Fraud in Government Procurement: India’s Economic Offences Wing alleges fake farmer registrations were used to buy cheap moong and sell it to government at MSP in Madhya Pradesh. Rural Security & Theft: California’s Yuba-Sutter walnut growers are stepping up patrols and cameras after rising theft of equipment and crops. Farmers’ Livelihoods & Policy Pressure: Fiji’s PM urged farmers to move beyond just producing more toward higher productivity, innovation, value addition and better returns. Rural Infrastructure: Residents and farmers in India’s Jogulamba Gadwal protested for service roads and highway entry/exit links to make farm access and transport easier. Biofortified Food Innovation: England cleared a gene-edited “Sunshine” tomato enriched with vitamin D closer to market, aiming to improve diets through biofortification.