Agri-Pulse DriveTime

DriveTime is back! Today's episode takes a quick look at the big news since our last program and reports on a major USDA investment in rural broadband.

Today's USDA reports didn't move the markets like other August rollouts have done, but offered key factors to watch as crops head toward harvest. Hear more about that and a look at an important farm bill discussion in today's DriveTime.

Today's DriveTime features the big figures from today's Consumer Price Index and what the change in food costs means for consumers. Hear the latest on that and the kickoff to the parade of presidential candidates talking farm policy at the Iowa State Fair.

New surveys are out taking a look at consumer food consumption and cover crops, and EPA Administrator speaks out on Right to Repair. All that and more in today’s DriveTime.

President Joe Biden used the Antiquities Act to protect more than a million acres of land in Arizona and industry leaders gathered in California for the 38th International Sweetener Symposium. All that and more in today’s DriveTime.

USDA announced new investments in healthy meals for small and rural schools and the Department also released its land values survey. All that and more in DriveTime.

Pork producers are improving the quality of loins and the National Pork Board wants to help farmers capitalize on the better meat. More on that plus two new USDA food security initiatives in today’s DriveTime.

The U.S. is shining the spotlight on global nutrition issues at the United Nations. Hear what's on the agenda and the latest on the wildfire season in today's DriveTime.

Farm bill writers are grappling with an idea that would be very beneficial to some parts of the country, but costly in others. Hear the latest on that plus a topic one House leader is putting on his farm bill agenda in today’s DriveTime.

Producers are reporting feeling a little — but not a lot — better about the farm economy. Hear the latest on that and a bill that might not be considered in the upcoming farm bill in today's DriveTime.