Agri-Pulse DriveTime

The U.S. and China have agreed to address existing tariffs in the Phase One trade deal, a new CDC report has some concerning statistics for rural health, and a USDA grant program's data set is under scrutiny. Hear more in today's DriveTime.

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.