Agriculture Daily Digest – September 30, 2025

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

1. China’s former agriculture minister Tang Renjian sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery – Reuters
2. US agriculture official visits Taiwan amid tariff talks – Reuters
3. 🇳🇬 Zimbabwe: Diversifying Farming With Agro-Tourism – allAfrica.com
4. 🇳🇬 Africa: Food Insecurity Rising in Africa, Falling in Latin America and Caribbean – allAfrica.com
5. 🇳🇬 World Rabies Day: Nigeria requires 70% vaccination of its dogs to contain transmission
6. 🇳🇬 Nigeria unveils National Livestock Master Plan
7. Agtech Seedlings: Bonsai Robotics secures $15M to advance automated fruit harvesters
8. Farmland loans for regenerative agriculture: FBN and Walton family launch ‘first-of-its-kind’ lending program
9. Corn and Beans See Harvest Pressure, Pre-Report: Livestock Lower – AgWeb
10. Texas Poachers Busted in Historic Kansas Sting After Slaughter of 119 Monster Bucks – AgWeb
11. 🇳🇬 Akwa Ibom students win for innovative fish farming system
12. 🇳🇬 Lagos begins farmers registration under N500bn Produce initiative
13. 🇳🇬 Tinubu makes NERD compliance mandatory for NYSC mobilisation – Nairametrics
14. 🇳🇬 Nairametrics – Business news, Economy, Investing, and Financial Literacy – Nairametrics
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. 🇳🇬 Homepage | The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – The Guardian Nigeria News
18. 🇳🇬 Nigerian scientist breaks ground with tigernut milk innovation – The Guardian Nigeria News
19. 🇳🇬 Punch newspapers – Breaking News, Nigerian News & Top Stories – Punch Newspapers
20. 🇳🇬 NELFUND closes 2024/2025 loan portal, sets timeline for next application – Punch Newspapers

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