Agriculture Daily Digest – October 12, 2025

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

1. FAO to inaugurate new Food and Agriculture Museum & Network in Rome – Food and Agriculture Organization
2. Global exhibition “From Seeds to Foods” kicks off FAO’s 80th Anniversary celebrations – Food and Agriculture Organization
3. Newsom signs first-in-nation ban on ultraprocessed foods in schools – Agri-Pulse
4. Newton rejoins AFBF to oversee policy advocacy, economics team – Agri-Pulse
5. Will Corn and Soybeans Retest the Early Harvest Lows? – AgWeb
6. Soybeans, Grains Crash as Trump Cancels China Trade Meeting – AgWeb
7. 🇳🇬 Passengers arrested with over $6.1 million cash at Lagos airport – Sources – Premium Times Nigeria
8. 🇳🇬 Tinubu pardons Farouk Lawan, late Mamman Vatsa, others – Premium Times Nigeria
9. 🇳🇬 AfDB, WFP, IFPRI urge coordinated investments to rebuild northern Nigeria’s food systems
10. 🇳🇬 How Nigeria can improve infrastructure, enhance farmers’ livelihoods
11. UADA Analysis Shows Arkansas Farmers to Suffer Losses for Corn, Cotton, Long Grain Rice, Soybeans – Successful Farming
12. Corn Belt Agronomists Share One Word to Sum Up September’s Impact on Crop – Successful Farming
13. Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as US shutdown blocks key crop data – Reuters
14. Brazil’s Finance Minister confirms studies on eliminating public transport fares – Reuters
15. 🇳🇬 Punch newspapers – Breaking News, Nigerian News & Top Stories – Punch Newspapers
16. 🇳🇬 NIRSAL facilitates N70bn commercial credit for agribusiness – Punch Newspapers
17. 🇳🇬 Zimbabwe: All Set for O, a-Level Exams – allAfrica.com
18. 🇳🇬 Rwanda: Solar Cold Rooms Bring Relief to Farmers Battling Post-Harvest Losses – allAfrica.com
19. 🇳🇬 Livestock Policy: Nigeria unveils new framework to boost food security – Nairametrics
20. 🇳🇬 Bank lending to agriculture rises to 5.33% in May 2025-NIRSAL – Nairametrics

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