Agri-Pulse DriveTime

The Department of Agriculture is investing $59 million in grants under the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program and the equipment industry sees robust demand from farmers across the country. All that and more in today's DriveTime.

Today’s DriveTime features Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack's comments regarding the Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities program. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, also joined to talk about Mexico’s GM corn ban.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new protections from pesticide application. More on that and a look at today's Senate Ag action in this episode of DriveTime.

A USDA official could be in line for a promotion, Biden administration trade officials are looking over some trade documents, and the farm bill financial picture got another wrinkle. Hear more in today's DriveTime.

House Ag Committee members and the chamber's leadership gathered input on the farm bill today. Hear the latest on that, a trade dispute with Mexico, and USDA's conservation spending priorities in today's DriveTime.

The Department of Agriculture announced new conservation funding to help with oversubscribed programs, and the Organic Trade Association has released its 2023 farm bill priorities. All that and more in today's DriveTime.

Today’s DriveTime features comments from departing Deputy Ag Secretary Jewel Bronaugh and a look at U.S. ag exports for 2022. 

The Senate Ag Committee's farm bill oversight took a look at commodity programs today. A report from that hearing and industry action to increase the egg supply in today's DriveTime.

Brazil's corn exports are set to change the global pecking order. More on that and a look at a pair of Capitol Hill hearings in today's DriveTime.

New farm income figures and loan application streamlining from USDA lead today's DriveTime, which also features a look at the return of a familiar policy debate to the upcoming farm bill.

Today's DriveTime features a look at a cattle industry group's lobbying priorities following their recent gathering and a call for trade rule enforcement from an ag industry leader.

USDA has announced recommendations to improve child nutrition through changes to school meal standards and a House Democrat says there are improvements she’d like to see made in the nutrition title of the next farm bill. All that and more in today’s DriveTime.

Cattle producers are looking at a profitable year in 2023. Hear why that's the case, what Capitol Hill Republicans are doing on WOTUS, and which familiar bill is back in the Senate in today's DriveTime.

A new beef cattle contract library is now in its pilot phase, and many in the industry are interested to see how their feedback will be considered. Hear how USDA plans to address the issue and get the latest on the U.S.-Mexico corn dispute in today's DriveTime.

The Biden administration is looking for a new food regulator to fit into a reorganized Food and Drug Administration. Hear the latest on that, the cattle contract library, and dairy trade issues in today's DriveTime.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack used a speech today to outline the farm policy vision he'd like to see from Congress and state leaders across the country. Hear more on that and an update on dairy policy in today's DriveTime. 

Today's DriveTime features farm bill comments from a Nebraska Republican and also takes a look at egg prices and why they are so high. 

Changes are coming to the Department of Agriculture and some of the lawmakers charged with writing the next farm bill. Hear more in today's DriveTime.

A pair of nominations go back to the Senate, a farm group preps a lawsuit against the Biden administration and a biofuel group looks ahead. Hear more in today's DriveTime.

The Fish and Wildlife Service delayed listing the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act, and a former House Ag Committee chairman shares his concerns over the Waters of the U.S. rule. All that and more in today's DriveTime.

Federal officials are looking at the best way to deploy a growing pot of rural broadband funding. Hear the latest on how they're doing it and a report on cash rental rates in today's DriveTime.

Could the farm bill give Congress a bipartisan break? A discussion of that question and a look at the role of agricultural inputs in export markets in today's DriveTime.

Today's DriveTime dives deeper into the details of USDA's new organic rule and an economist takes a look at the global food supply.

The House Ag Committee has a new slate of Republican members. Hear who is joining the committee and get a pair of trade reports in today's DriveTime.

Today’s DriveTime features comments from the Senate Ag Committee Chairwomen Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and also takes a look at a new report the Government Accountability Office released today.