DriveTime: July 18, 2022
Farm groups concerned about the price and availability of fertilizer are starting their week off on a high note. Hear why in today's DriveTime.

Farm groups concerned about the price and availability of fertilizer are starting their week off on a high note. Hear why in today's DriveTime.
In today's DriveTime, we discuss farm bill spending, trade discussions with Kenya, and climate-smart agriculture practices.
Today's DriveTime features the latest on ag credit, a look at an upcoming nutrition dialogue, and thoughts on the desires some have for the upcoming farm bill.
Fresh inflation figures show grocery prices are on the rise. A look at that plus the latest on the farm bill's forestry programs in today's DriveTime.
In today's DriveTime, we discuss USDA's WASDE report, CRP Grassland sign-up, and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
The Ocean Shipping Reform Act, supply chain issues, and record beef exports are discussed in today's DriveTime.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization released its food price index, a jury in Colorado acquitted five poultry executives of price-fixing, and this week’s Newsmakers show focuses on the upcoming elections. All that and more in today’s DriveTime.
A House Ag Committee listening session focuses on dairy policy while producers at a separate event were looking for solutions to the sector's labor challenges. Hear more in today's DriveTime.
Experts say global hunger is trending in the wrong direction. More on that and a look at producer efforts to figure out storm damage in today's DriveTime.
Today’s DriveTime discusses the USDA, saying the corn and soybean crop condition slipped again last week, some crops are faring better than others and LaNina isn’t over, according to climatologists.
Today’s DriveTime discusses the commodity markets swept into a financial downturn, SCOTUS' decision on EPA authority and how it could affect RFS and ASTA wants Washington help to identify innovation.
In today’s DriveTime, the Supreme Court made a decision on the case of West Virginia v. EPA, and the agency announced it is proposing to restrict and monitor atrazine use.
A new report projects conversion rates of farmland and the impact it will have on the global food supply. That and more in today's DriveTime.
In today's DriveTime, the biofuels industry awaits EPA action on a request from nine midwestern states and an industry analyst looks ahead to "report day" from USDA.
The Supreme Court weighs in on a pair of cases critical to farm policy while a new report tracks the cost of your next summer cookout. Hear more in today's DriveTime.
Today's DriveTime features views from the House Ag Committee on a major beef industry bill and the current global fertilizer market.
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.