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Rains set to arrive in Argentina in mid-January should bring relief to soybeans and corn in the core farm region hit by a recent dry spell, a climatologist at the authoritative Buenos Aires grains exchange told Reuters on Wednesday.

Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry that match the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild birds, the Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday, in a sign of the widespread and devastating nature of the nation's persistent outbreak.

PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - More should be done to control the spread of bird flu among animals to avoid more cases in humans, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday, following the first death of a patient from the virus in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been contacting producers to update its Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land, or TOTAL, survey which shows the landowner characteristics of a state and informs farm policy.

Soybean futures lower overnight; Ethanol production drops to lowest in a month

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats raised concerns Wednesday that Republicans have scheduled a hearing for one of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees before he completed the necessary paperwork and an FBI background check.

Growers will still lose money on their 2024 corn and soybean crops despite the economic assistance payments approved by Congress in December, according to an analysis by economists at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University

Farmer sentiment declined in December although producers remain optimistic that economic conditions will improve over the next several years, according to the monthly Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

Companies serving the U.S. agricultural sector are bracing for trade disruptions early this year by frontloading imports and diverting shipments to ease the impacts of another possible port strike and potential tariff hikes.

Factors influencing farmland values in Iowa are present in the rest of the Corn Belt, report suggests.