Agriculture Daily Digest – September 28, 2025

Your daily Agriculture & Agribusiness digest 🌱. From crops to livestock, here are today’s top updates.

1. U.S. Soybean Harvest Starts with No Sign of Chinese Buying as Brazil Sets Export Record – Successful Farming
2. Agriculture Secretary Announces Major Crops Purchase, Antitrust Efforts at Kansas City Conference – Successful Farming
3. Breaking Down the 4 Biggest Challenges Facing the Ag Economy – AgWeb
4. Navigate 2026 Input Costs with A Proactive Strategy – AgWeb
5. 🇳🇬 Tanzania, China Bilateral Ties Strengthened Through Agricultural Innovation – allAfrica.com
6. 🇳🇬 Gambia: Saltwater Intrusion – Rising Seas Threaten Families and Farmland in Rural Gambia – allAfrica.com
7. New FAO report assesses progress towards food and agriculture SDG indicators – Food and Agriculture Organization
8. FAO to support implementation of new UN treaty targeting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in international waters – Food and Agriculture Organization
9. 🇳🇬 Sanusi, NBTI DG, others push for stronger PPP at UNGA summit – The Guardian Nigeria News
10. 🇳🇬 Global AI: What Nigeria can learn from UK, US on climate action – The Guardian Nigeria News
11. 🇳🇬 Naira strengthens to N1,480/$1, best performance in nine months – Nairametrics
12. 🇳🇬 Providus Bank, Unity Bank receive shareholder approval for merger – Nairametrics
13. USDA plan to rebuild beef herd will not include producer payments, says farm secretary – Reuters
14. US justice department to examine rising cost of farm inputs, says farm secretary – Reuters
15. Fertilizer Woes Cloud New Crop Outlook as Farmers Mull Cutbacks – Agri-Pulse
16. Trump says some tariff revenue will go to farmers, but there are legal questions – Agri-Pulse
17. 🇳🇬 Nigeria unveils National Livestock Master Plan
18. 🇳🇬 Benue traditional ruler demands withdrawal of soldiers over alleged complicity in herders’ attacks
19. 🇳🇬 Lagos begins farmers registration under N500bn Produce initiative
20. 🇳🇬 Insoluble fibre concentrate will improve birds’ weight, reduce mortality – JRS

That’s it for agriculture today 🚜. What sector excites you most — crops, livestock, or exports? 💬