The Saudi government will not implement a recommendation by the kingdom's Shura Council to ban dairy exports, Reuters has reported. The council's recommendation was based on the kingdom's efforts to save water. However, the agriculture minister, Fahad Balghunaim told the news service that dairy production does not use great quantities of water. 'Dairy products do not use a lot of water. They use barley to feed cattle and barley is imported,' he said.
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