DC Signal to Noise: Building Bridges for Infrastructure

AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer discuss slow downs in pork processing, the senate meeting on cattle market transparency, the bipartisan agreement on an infrastructure bill and more.

AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer recap the hot topics last week and a look ahead to what to watch this week. Watch the video above or listen to the podcast below for discussion on these topics and more:

> Weather systems—the divide between the haves and the have nots is getting wider.

> Federal court ruling to slow down pork processing capacity this week

> Senate meeting on cattle market transparency

> Bipartisan agreement on an infrastructure bill

Listen now:

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