Agri-Pulse DriveTime

Iowa Senator Charles Grassley says the Senate will be the reason for another extension of the 2018 Farm Bill this year.

Positive reports from the US economy continue to support a Fed decision to lower interest rates. The question remains how much rates will fall and how fast.

The U.S. Economy performed better than expected, but the Fed is still expected to cut interest rates this year.

House Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson was among a group of legislators participating in a farm bill listening session today at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa.  Thompson still wants a bill approved this year.

Agriculture leaders at the Farm Progress Show lament the growing agriculture trade deficit and need for updated risk management tools in a new farm bill.

The 71st Farm Progress Show opens in Boone, Iowa tomorrow. Despite a down farm economy Show Manager Matt Jungman says farmers are looking for innovation to boost efficiency.

The American Farm Bureau Federation is calling on leaders of the US Senate to get working on a farm bill and a former Illinois congresswoman makes a case for Democratic policy for rural America.

Today's DriveTime features thoughts from the lead of the Democratic Rural Urban Bridge Initiative, soybean farmers reaction to the EPA's new Herbicide Strategy and a country ham that brings $10.5 million dollars for charity.

The Agri-Pulse team reports comments from ag leaders in Chicago at the DNC and from Mitchell, South Dakota at Dakotafest.

U.S. Senator Michael Bennett is pleased to see worker protection as a part of the Democratic Platform.  Bennett says stepped up basis will have to be addressed when current tax policy expires.