Today's DriveTime features a Supreme Court case with agricultural ramifications, a look at the Chinese market for U.S. and Canadian pork, and a recap of the high-tech conversations companies had last week with FFA members.
Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accuses House Democrats of stalling on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a government shutdown may be on the horizon, and farmer sentiment toward the ag economy improves in October.
Producers are working their way through a tough harvest, a Senate appropriator offers his thoughts on the upcoming funding deadline, and there's a new slate of FFA leaders. Hear more in today's DriveTime.
The first phase of an agreement with China hasn't been signed quite yet, but USDA's Ted McKinney is confident the deal will come to pass. More on that and a look at an out-of-this-world guest to this year's National FFA Convention.
An event with key members of the ag community provided the latest outlook on the USMCA negotiations. More on that and an update on government funding and farm labor legislation in today's DriveTime.
Differences continue to narrow in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group, but labor is still the sticking point; biofuel and oil groups offer comments on EPA's small refinery exemption proposal; and the National FFA Convention kicks off today. More in today’s DriveTime.
Biofuel and oil groups square off in House hearing on small refinery exemptions and USDA releases an interim final rule regarding hemp production and transportation. More in today’s DriveTime.
A bipartisan House bill would establish a new federal definition of beef, USDA prepares to release an interim final rule on growing industrial hemp, and biofuels and oil groups gear up for another Renewable Fuel Standard fight this week.
USDA is cautioning producers about what they need to do if they'll have a delayed harvest. More on that and what you can do to help curb the opioid crisis this weekend in today's DriveTime.
Lawmakers are feeling more optimistic about USMCA talks, the EPA is facing another legal challenge to its governance of the Renewable Fuel Standard, and a cattle industry group wants USDA to take a look at beef labeling standards. Hear more in today's DriveTime.
The Senate has agreed to begin debate on a non-controversial 2020 spending package including funding for the Department of Agriculture, negotiations on tax extenders seem to be moving slowly, and an ag economist reacts to China’s announcement to issue a tariff-free quota for importing U.S. soybeans.
The Trump administration is trying its best to sell a deal to address small refinery exemptions, but the biofuels sector isn't showing a change of heart just yet. More on that and an update to the U.S.-China trade war in today's DriveTime.
USDA has cut the first check for its broadband program. More on that and the views of an ag economist on the broad reaches of the U.S.-China trade war in today's DriveTime.
Democrats are meeting on USMCA, the Trump administration is seeking to calm RFS concerns, and a cattle feeder is looking for credit for environmental improvements. Hear more in today's DriveTime.
Iowa farmers are done playing "Iowa nice" after a Trump administration proposal on biofuels policy left them and their Capitol Hill allies furious. More on that and an update on when disaster checks will be in the mail in today's DriveTime.
The biofuels industry is puzzled by the Environmental Protection Agency’s new supplemental proposal, a Senate committee chair welcomes the partial China deal, and a former U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiator from Mexico says the agreement doesn’t need to be reopened.
The latest on the U.S. and China negotiations in Washington, Winter weather’s impact on Plains and Midwest crops and McKinney “on the road again” leading another trade delegation in search of new markets.
Today's DriveTime has a look at what agriculture is hoping comes out of U.S-China trade talks, the latest USDA crop numbers, and a key House member announcing her retirement.
The Trump administration's trade agenda is front and center this week as Chinese negotiators come to Washington and Vice President Mike Pence pushes for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in Iowa. Hear more in today's DriveTime.
Farmers in the upper Midwest are bracing for a blast of winter weather as harvest is nowhere near complete, China helps boost U.S. pork exports in August, and the U.S. dairy industry should see nominal impacts once the U.S. Mexico-Canada-Agreement is ratified. More in today’s DriveTime with Ben Nuelle.
The U.S. and Japan put pen to paper on a new trade deal. More on that and some advice from an ag economist on how producers should handle their MFP funds in today's DriveTime.
The Trump administration's plan to address biofuel mandate waivers is out, but it still has some unanswered questions. More on that and an update on harvest weather conditions in today's DriveTime.
China is upping its U.S. commodity purchases ahead of the next round of trade talks. More on that and an update on where things stand for biofuels and dairy labeling in today's DriveTime.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gives an update on USMCA talks, the pork sector looks for better sales in a key demographic, and cattle producers gather in Omaha. Hear more in today's DriveTime.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue attempted to sell the Dairy Margin Coverage Program at World Dairy Expo today, Ag groups are encouraging USDA to move forward with development of a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine bank and producers are considerably more pessimistic about current conditions on the farm as harvest approaches.
China plans to send a negotiating team to Washington, traders react to USDA data, and a financial expert offers analysis on the farm economy. Hear more in today's DriveTime.
A House Democrat in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement working group does not think impeachment will stall negotiations, it's the last day for Dairy Margin Coverage signup, and the U.S. swine sector prepares for African Swine Fever. More in today's DriveTime.
Congress may have voted to avoid a government shutdown, but concern abounds in Washington about how impeachment will impact other items on the agenda. That and more in today's DriveTime.
After a month of waiting, we have details of the ag language signed today by the Presidents of the United States and Japan. More trade updates and a look at wheat technology under the microscope in today's DriveTime.
President Donald Trump pushes international trade reform in his United Nations speech, a midwestern state is ready to host two USDA agencies if given the opportunity, and Sen. Chuck Grassley says farmer patience is running thin waiting for a biofuel deal. Ben Nuelle has more.
