Agri-Pulse DriveTime

Today's DriveTime has news on a key financial assistance program, a look at the earnings of a major meatpacker, and an update on planting progress across the country. 

A handful of key ag Democrats offer a plan for USDA operations during COVID-19 and bankers and economists seek to understand the impact of the virus on the farm economy in today's DriveTime. 

House Democrats introduce a broadband plan and biofuel supporters look to be included in future coronavirus aid. Hear more in today's DriveTime.

Today's DriveTime features President Donald Trump and a pork producer reacting to an executive order on packing plants and an update on how the coronavirus is impacting potato producers. 

President Donald Trump announces executive order for meat packers, pork producers attempt to avert killing pigs as plants backup, and House Ag Chair Collin Peterson wants Congressional sign off of Commodity Credit Corporation funding used by USDA.

American ag interests are working to better understand a USDA aid package unveiled a week ago and what future aid might be yet to come. Hear more in today's DriveTime. 

Today's DriveTime features concern about payment limits in the USDA coronavirus aid package and an effort to protect packing plant employees on the job. 

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue discusses the timeline for coronavirus aid to producers, another pork plant is shut down, and water infrastructure legislation is introduced in the Senate. Hear more in today's DriveTime.

Senate clears coronavirus aid package to fund the Paycheck Protection Program and ag groups press the Trump administration to exempt H-2A workers from his immigration ban. Hear more in today’s DriveTime.

American agriculture reacts to Friday's USDA announcement of COVID-19 relief, the stress in farm country, and a plunging oil market. Hear more in today's DriveTime. 

Today's DriveTime features an update on a shuttered pork processing facility, comments on an expected USDA aid package, and a weather update across the Corn Belt. 

A popular government program has run out of money, the Food and Drug Administration changes course on hand sanitizer, and agriculture looks ahead to a potential USDA aid package. Hear more in today's DriveTime. 

Today's DriveTime features new action on farm labor, the rising number of cases at a pork processing facility, and how the virus is impacting demand for some key facets of agriculture. 

Pork producers expect to lose $5 billion from COVID-19 outbreak, livestock haulers face logistical nightmare transporting animals to processing plants, and corn planting gets off to a slow start. Hear more in today’s DriveTime with Ben Nuelle.

News of processing capacity issues in the beef and pork sectors hit the headlines today, leaving an economist to wonder what lies ahead. More on that and an update from the campaign trail in today's DriveTime. 

President Donald Trump offered comments on aid headed for producers. More on that and an update on the dairy industry in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in today's DriveTime. 

An effort to add funds to a major COVID-19 recovery plan fell short today. More on that and a look at some key market figures during the pandemic in today's DriveTime. 

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue offered a status update on where USDA stands in distributing COVID-19 aid to producers. More on that and an update on USDA's investigation into the beef markets in today's DriveTime. 

One of the nation’s largest biofuel producers cuts production, freezing low temperatures could threaten early corn and soybean planting, and farmer sentiment toward the ag economy dropped significantly in March. Hear more in today’s DriveTime.

A dairy bankruptcy case moves forward, an ag economist assesses China's ag purchases, and a U.S. ag leader looks into the future farm policy impacts of trade mitigation payments. Hear more in today's DriveTime. 

Implementation of the coronavirus recovery package is driving questions about how the funding in that bill might be distributed. More on that and a "phase one" trade deal update in today's DriveTime. 

A congressional leader looks ahead to what food and ag priorities might be included in a potential phase four coronavirus response bill. More on that and an update on the implementation of the phase three bill and the state of affairs for dairy producers in today's DriveTime. 

Members of Congress reach out to USDA on aid for cattle producers and a Corn Belt economist takes a look at expected returns on crop ground. Hear more in today's DriveTime. 

USDA expects farmers to plant 97 million acres of corn, rural electric cooperatives ask for COVID-19 testing kits, and Sen. Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley asks the Department of Justice to watch meat markets for potential price gouging. Hear more in today’s DriveTime.

Agriculture awaits specifics on the implementation of the coronavirus relief package and traders await data on anticipated row crop acres. Hear more in today's DriveTime.