Agri-Pulse DriveTime

Today's DriveTime features a WOTUS update from EPA Administrator Michael Regan, a government spending note from Senate Ag Ranking Member John Boozman, R-Ark., and a regulatory state of play from Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Today's DriveTime features a look ahead at some critical events next week as Congress returns to Washington and global leaders gather to discuss challenges in the food system.

Today's DriveTime features comments from Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack on an overseas trip and thoughts from a pair of ag policy leaders watching for tax and biofuel policy developments on Capitol Hill and from the Biden administration.

A battle to acquire Kansas City Southern takes a new turn, dairy producers push for milk pricing reform, and a bipartisan Senate bill would create a USDA loan program for precision ag equipment purchases. That and more in today’s DriveTime.

Deputy Ag Secretary Jewel Bronaugh outlines the U.S. vision to end hunger, and farm-state lawmakers react to President Joe Biden’s chief ag negotiator nomination. That and more in today's DriveTime.

House Ways and Means Committee unveils tax package for reconciliation, a Nebraska beef plant suffers a fire, and soybean checkoff investments are paying off. That and more in today’s DriveTime.

House Ag Committee debates the reconciliation bill, USDA enrolls 2.5 million acres in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program, and farmers are learning how to do more with less when it comes to water use. That and more in today’s DriveTime.

House Ag Democrats unveil funding priorities for the reconciliation bill and the White House launches a sustainable aviation fuel challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That and more in today’s DriveTime.

House Democrats propose a $35 billion expansion of child feeding assistance and the White House argues corporate consolidation in the meat sector is raising prices at the grocery store. That and more in today’s #APDriveTime.

USDA announces $700M in grants for farm workers and the House Ag Committee meets later this week to consider its portion of the reconciliation package. That and more in today’s DriveTime.