Agri-Pulse DriveTime

The House passed school lunch legislation Thursday as USDA called for improvements in federal forest management. Hear more in today's DriveTime.

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved two bills today authorizing USDA to mandate minimum levels of cash trading in cattle and establish a special investigator’s office in USDA. Plus, President Joe Biden is asking Congress to suspend federal taxes on gasoline and diesel for three months.

The Supreme Court has denied Bayer's petition seeking review of a federal appeals court decision in a Roundup cancer case and the U.S. government has filed a brief supporting NPPC and AFBF's challenge to California’s Proposition 12 rule. All that and more in today's DriveTime.

The Senate Ag Committee held its second farm bill field hearing today and Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., explains why reworking commodity programs in the next farm bill needs to be a priority. All that and more in today's DriveTime.

Today's DriveTime features the latest on inflation legislation, a look at a new agreement aimed at helping Ukraine and remarks from a roundtable studying federal water regulation.

The House is preparing to consider legislation Democrats say will address food costs, leading Republicans to offer a bill of their own Wednesday. A look at that, USDA funding and global corn production in today's DriveTime.

A key Senate leader urges swift consideration of a pair of Biden administration nominees, reaction to the passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and remarks from a House Ag nutrition hearing in today's DriveTime.

The House is set to send a major piece of legislation to address ag export costs to the president's desk. A look at that and news on a biofuel industry merger in today's DriveTime. 

The latest Consumer Price Index and USDA's report on agricultural supply and demand was released today. All that, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses supply chain issues. 

The House Ag Committee held a hearing today looking at the commodity and crop insurance titles of the farm bill. The latest on that plus the recent figures released in the FAO Food Outlook report. 

The Biden administration has a new ag trade official in the confirmation pipeline. The latest on that plus a look at some Capitol Hill nutrition program action in today's DriveTime.

Today's DriveTime features comments on Roundup litigation, the state of the farm economy and the drought in the West.

A pair of key Capitol Hill Republicans are weighing in on a case before the Supreme Court and the Biden administration's role in it. More on that, Waters of the U.S. and the state of the soybean industry in today's DriveTime.

The Environmental Protection Agency has set the 2022 Renewable Volume Obligations. More on that and the latest figures from the FAO food price index in today's DriveTime.

In today's DriveTime, a foreign trade market could be opening the door to more U.S. corn, a major farm group talks through its farm bill process, and drought-stricken growers look out west.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a sweeping effort to transform the American food system in a speech today. Some details on that announcement plus a look at the administration's drought mitigation efforts in today's DriveTime.

The eyes of the biofuels industry are on the EPA this week as the clock ticks on a consent decree to publish new biofuel blending targets. More on that and a look at dairy policy and grocery prices in today's DriveTime.

Today's DriveTime features comments from anti-hunger leaders on the domestic and global food security situation as well as remarks from a California rancher trying to find and honor rural veterans. 

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack was on Capitol Hill today and discussed all things CRP, Roundup litigation and crop insurance with members of the Senate Ag Committee. A look at that hearing plus reports on the global hunger and domestic finance implications of the war in Ukraine in today's DriveTime.

The U.S.-Canada dairy dispute adds another chapter, FDA's infant formula response is under the microscope, and lawmakers examine USDA's rural development efforts. Hear more in today's DriveTime. 

In today's DriveTime, thoughts on the Biden administration's approach to boosting ag production from Capitol Hill and a look at farmer conversations about carbon. 

Farm groups weigh in on pending litigation before the Supreme Court, a new report looks at global hunger in the wake of the war in Ukraine, and a domestic ag finance leader assesses the current situation. Hear more in today's DriveTime.

The Environmental Protection Agency and a biofuel trade association have come to an agreement on a key new timeline. There's more on that and a look at permanent disaster relief conversations in today's DriveTime.

The Biden administration's FDA leader addressed Capitol Hill today and fielded questions on the infant formula shortage and the federal government's overall food safety oversight. Hear that and more in today's DriveTime.

Today's DriveTime features the latest on EPA's management of biofuel mandate waivers and a look at the looming federal oversight of agricultural carbon markets.