The Department of Agriculture made new investments in domestic fertilizer production and disaster relief. All that and more in today's DriveTime. 

Today's DriveTime features farm bill comments from the House Ag Committee Chairman-elect Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., and a look at the latest UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index.

Today's DriveTime takes a look at the impacts of the Senate Ag Committee's top Democrat deciding to retire and USDA investing more money in the nation's meat processing capacity. 

The House of Representatives is at a standstill as efforts to elect a new speaker continually come up short. The latest on that and a look at how the status of the farm economy will impact ag legislation this year in today's DriveTime. 

Congress is back in town, but delays on Capitol Hill threaten to impact the early work on the upcoming farm bill. Hear why and take a look at a longtime lawmaker's priorities in today's DriveTime.

In today’s DriveTime, we discuss farm labor reform, the need for an FDA deputy commissioner, and how USDA can strengthen and diversify ag research.