I see that the Almarai farm group in Saudi Arabia is importing 100% of its fodder requirements – at a cost of €81.3m in 2018.

Almarai operates six dairy farms in Saudi Arabia, with 105,000 cows. A new law decreed that by 2018, 100% of fodder must be imported and not grown there. The US, Argentina, Spain and eastern Europe are among the places Almarai is sourcing fodder from. Since 2014, fodder imports have cost the company €436m.