AOA Friday 5-1-2026

Friday on AOA, powered by Cenex, we begin the show with a recap of a wild week of policy on Capitol Hill with POLITICO Food and Agriculture Reporter Grace Yarrow followed by a conversation with USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce. In Segment Three, we get an update on New World Screwworm and Asian Longhorned ticks with Sigrid Johannes, Executive Director of Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Then we close the show with a conversation we had earlier in the week with Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA).