Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley is encouraged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s most recent statement on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a winter storm pounding the plains is barreling toward the northern Corn Belt, and an Iowa State report suggests unrestricted access for U.S. pork to China would lower the trade deficit with that country. More in today’s DriveTime with Ben Nuelle.

More news on U.S. sugar imports, Republican opposition to an ag labor bill working its way through the House, and an update on USDA's rural broadband efforts in today's DriveTime.

Upper Midwest lawmakers are calling on USDA to help sugarbeet growers hit by bad weather. More on that and an update on what appropriators have to do when they return to Washington in today's DriveTime. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says USMCA consideration might have to wait until the new year. More on that and an update on government funding and tax extenders in today's DriveTime. 

Today's DriveTime has updates on an ongoing ag labor bill markup, the U.S.-Japan deal having its day on Capitol Hill, and a new timeline on the upcoming Waters of the U.S. rule from the Trump administration. 

A spending bill to fund the government beyond Thursday heads to the Senate, farm credit regulators worry non-performing loans are slowly rising, and South Korea has agreed to open their country to U.S. rice. More in today's DriveTime.