What Biden's infrastructure plan does for ag industry

On the heels of passing a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, the Biden Administration released details of a $2 trillion infrastructure initiative that would make massive investments in roads, bridges, inland waterways, rural broadband and other key pieces of the nation’s logistics and utilities grid of importance to agriculture. But will the nature of partisan Washington politics get in the way of good policy? What’s in the bill, and can it pass with anything resembling bipartisan support?In this episode we talk Farm Progress Policy Editor Jacqui Fatka about President Biden’s “American Jobs Plan” and how the agriculture community reacted to its far-reaching proposals. She’ll also describe how farm-state legislators of both parties are increasingly frustrated at the lack of bipartisanship inside the Beltway, and how that might lead to another reconciliation bill.You can read Jacqui’s latest Inside Washington column on what ag-focused legislators are doing about persistent congestion issues at U.S. ports at Feedstuffs.com. Also, join us April 15th in our new virtual community and events platform, Feedstuffs 365, for a discussion about the proposed merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways. Experts Max Fisher of the National Grain and Feed Association and Mike Steenhoek of the Soy Transportation Coalition will discuss what this merger means for the feed and grain industry.