AOA Friday 4-21-2023

Friday's AOA kicked off with Dennis Smith, from Archer Financial Services, and he looked ahead to Friday's Cattle on Feed report and discussed the bullish momentum that continues in the cattle trade. Kurt Kovarik, Director of Federal Policy at Clean Fuels Alliance America discussed the House Ag Committee testimony by EPA Administrator Michael Regan on biomass based diesel. In segment 3, Jacqui Fatka, Associate Editor of Agri-Pulse provided some background on the debt ceiling negotiations and how they could interact with the SNAP discussions for the '23 Farm Bill. The episode closed with Mike Steenhoek, Executive Director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, with an update on labor disputes at the West Coast ports and rail service reliability.