Agriculture Daily Digest – September 29, 2025

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

1. 🇳🇬 Gambia: Saltwater Intrusion – Rising Seas Threaten Families and Farmland in Rural Gambia – allAfrica.com
2. 🇳🇬 Africa: How Africa Could Become the World’s Leading Agricultural Powerhouse and Food Basket – allAfrica.com
3. Texas Poachers Busted in Historic Kansas Sting After Slaughter of 119 Monster Bucks – AgWeb
4. Breaking Down the 4 Biggest Challenges Facing the Ag Economy – AgWeb
5. China’s former agriculture minister Tang Renjian sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery – Reuters
6. Russia raises emergency level in major agriculture region – Reuters
7. 🇳🇬 Naira ranks ninth weakest currency in Africa — Forbes report – Punch Newspapers
8. 🇳🇬 It’s political suicide to alienate North, favour Lagos — Ex-NHIS boss, Yusuf – Punch Newspapers
9. Agtech Seedlings: Bonsai Robotics secures $15M to advance automated fruit harvesters
10. Farmland loans for regenerative agriculture: FBN and Walton family launch ‘first-of-its-kind’ lending program
11. Fertilizer Woes Cloud New Crop Outlook as Farmers Mull Cutbacks – Agri-Pulse
12. Trump says some tariff revenue will go to farmers, but there are legal questions – Agri-Pulse
13. U.S. Soybean Harvest Starts with No Sign of Chinese Buying as Brazil Sets Export Record – Successful Farming
14. Agriculture Secretary Announces Major Crops Purchase, Antitrust Efforts at Kansas City Conference – Successful Farming
15. Statistics | FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization
16. New FAO report assesses progress towards food and agriculture SDG indicators – Food and Agriculture Organization
17. 🇳🇬 Lagos begins farmers registration under N500bn Produce initiative
18. 🇳🇬 Insoluble fibre concentrate will improve birds’ weight, reduce mortality – JRS
19. 🇳🇬 Visa restriction lifted: U.S. restores Ghana visa validity to 5 years – Nairametrics
20. 🇳🇬 25% CGT on share sale gains if reinvested in fixed income – Nairametrics

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