Agriculture Daily Digest – December 13, 2025

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

1. 🇳🇬 Land they work but can’t own: Story of Nigerian women farmers
2. 🇳🇬 FG prioritises women in livestock transformation, says minister
3. 🇳🇬 Tinubu orders nationwide security overhaul, directs NEC to convert grazing reserves into ranches
4. 🇳🇬 How changing weather is reshaping life for a Nigerian fishing community (III)
5. India: World Bank Approves Financing for Programs to Promote Clean Air in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh States – World Bank Group
6. World Development Report 2025: Standards for Development_Overview – World Bank Group
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. 🇳🇬 33% of Nigeria’s Soil is Degraded, Minister Warns – Punch Newspapers
10. 🇳🇬 CBN moves to boost lending for farmers – Punch Newspapers
11. USDA to spend $700M on regenerative agriculture – Agri-Pulse
12. Trump to unveil $12 billion farm assistance package today – Agri-Pulse
13. 🇳🇬 Food and Agriculture — Home – allAfrica.com
14. 🇳🇬 African Development Fund Approves Investment to Help Somali Communities Build Climate-Resilient Livelihoods – allAfrica.com
15. US farmers say Trump’s $12 billion aid package won’t cover losses – Reuters
16. Trump administration allows six more states to restrict food stamp purchases – Reuters
17. Soybeans Trade Two-Sided After More Export Biz: Corn, Wheat Bounce – AgWeb
18. ‘Farmers Can’t Outyield the Balance Sheet Anymore’ – AgWeb
19. 🇳🇬 Homepage | The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – The Guardian Nigeria News
20. 🇳🇬 Imperative of urban farming for food availability, security – The Guardian Nigeria News
21. 🇳🇬 Agricultural trade between Nigeria, U.S. projected to exceed $700 million in 2025 – Nairametrics
22. 🇳🇬 Nigeria’s heavy machinery sector is expanding despite economic pressures —Mantrac MD – Nairametrics
23. Commodities Close Negative | Friday, December 12, 2025 – Successful Farming
24. $12 Billion Farm Aid Package Not Enough, Farm Leaders Say – Successful Farming
25. Job Search – jobs.fao.org
26. News | FAO in North America – Food and Agriculture Organization
27. FG targets large-scale youth agribusiness expansion through LIFE-ND programme
28. WACOT empowers cocoa farmers with N158m
29. CNDDD reaffirms commitment to boosting dairy production
30. How youth unemployment drives deforestation in Rivers community

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