Some crop farmers are facing painful financial realities at the end of 2024 hoping legislators can provide financial assistance for economic hardships and weather disasters and safety risk certainties in a new farm bill. 

Today's DriveTime features comments from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack from this week's Newsmakers. The Iowa Democrat has served 12 years at the helm of USDA. 

Farmers continue to evaluate recent announcements from the Biden administration on tax breaks for biofuel feedstocks and are hopeful a second term for Donald Trump will bring new crop demand. 

In the waning days of the Biden administration guidance is being offered toward guidance on tax breaks for feedstocks for renewable fuels. 

One farm economist appeals to Congress to deliver the certainty of a new farm bill early in 2025. USDA offers new poultry tournament production rules.

The U.S. Poultry and Egg Export Council are on a tour of Asian customers. Greg Tyler says they are being well received by customers but avian influenza and the threat of tariffs are proving obstacles to growing markets.