Agriculture Daily Digest – December 08, 2025

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

1. 🇳🇬 Bumper harvest turns sour as low purchasing power, poor storage hurt farmers
2. 🇳🇬 Nigeria, Indonesia deepen partnership on livestock technology
3. US owner of major Russian agriculture firm says no plans to sell up – Reuters
4. Exclusive: More US soybean shipments to China due to load through mid-December – Reuters
5. Agtech Seedlings: Bonsai Robotics secures $15M to advance automated fruit harvesters
6. Farmland loans for regenerative agriculture: FBN and Walton family launch ‘first-of-its-kind’ lending program
7. 🇳🇬 Sultan hails Ooni for establishing varsity – Punch Newspapers
8. 🇳🇬 Dangote to Nigerians: Stop buying Rolls-Royce, build industries – Punch Newspapers
9. 🇳🇬 The 10 oldest surviving companies in Nigeria — from colonial era to 2025 – Nairametrics
10. 🇳🇬 CBN: It’s time we dump bank references for current account opening – Nairametrics
11. 🇳🇬 Homepage | The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – The Guardian Nigeria News
12. 🇳🇬 Imperative of urban farming for food availability, security – The Guardian Nigeria News
13. 🇳🇬 Zimbabwe: Zim Economy Set for Rebound, World Bank Urges Reforms – allAfrica.com
14. 🇳🇬 African Development Bank Executive Director Reinforces Zimbabwe Partnership During Visit – allAfrica.com
15. Farm Aid Package Nears for Farmers Hit by Export Losses and Low Prices – Successful Farming
16. Pheasants and Quail Forever Groups Add 350 Acres of Public Land in Southern Iowa – Successful Farming
17. Has the Soybean Market Topped? – AgWeb
18. $100K Per Acre Farmland in 2050: Is Buying Land Sustainable? – AgWeb
19. 🇳🇬 How changing weather is reshaping life for a Nigerian fishing community (III)
20. 🇳🇬 How youth unemployment drives deforestation in Rivers community
21. Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 5, 2025: Farm aid, trade, reorganization with Dep. Ag Sec. Stephen Vaden – Agri-Pulse
22. Scientific article calling glyphosate safe for humans is retracted – Agri-Pulse
23. Indonesia – World Bank Group
24. World Bank Report Calls for Stronger Climate Adaptation to Safeguard Gabon’s Growth and Livelihoods – World Bank Group
25. FAO Food Price Index declines in November for third consecutive month – Food and Agriculture Organization
26. FAO Food Price Index – Food and Agriculture Organization
27. Lagos unveils first Tele-Veterinary call-centre for pets, livestock
28. World Soil Day: FG pushes bold soil health agenda as stakeholders warn of rising degradation
29. Bread, eggs, fish still expensive despite easing inflation
30. Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak – Reuters

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