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U.S. Moves Toward Strait of Hormuz Blockade After Talks Collapse Congress returns as budget battles, oversight hearings take center stage | IMF signals downgrade to global growth outlook amid war disruptions LINKS  Link: JBS, Union Reach Tentative Deal After Historic Greeley Strike Link: Weekend Updates, April 11: U.S./Iran Talks in Pakistan as          Strait of Hormuz Reopens…

JBS, Union Reach Tentative Deal After Historic Greeley StrikeWorkers to vote Sunday on agreement following three-week walkout at major U.S. beef plant A tentative labor agreement has been reached between JBS and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, potentially ending a high-profile strike at the company’s flagship beef processing facility in Greeley, according…

U.S. Inflation Reaccelerates in March as Energy Shock Drives Sharp Monthly Spike Plains drought deepens while Corn Belt faces planting delays amid wet pattern | Focus on Saturday Mideast negotiations  LINKS  Link: The Hidden Barrier to E15 Expansion Link: Ethanol’s Reality Check — Where Biofuels Actually Lower Prices         at the PumpLink: U.S. Fertilizer Strategy: Learn…

The Hidden Barrier to E15 Expansion A fragmented web of state and local labeling rules — not consumer demand — is slowing ethanol’s next step Retailers across the U.S. are not resisting E15 because of lack of interest or consumer demand. Instead, they are running into a far more complex obstacle: a fragmented and often…

Ethanol’s Reality Check — Where Biofuels Actually Lower Prices at the Pump Blending mandates, shrinking gasoline demand, and infrastructure bottlenecks are colliding — raising hard questions about whether ethanol still delivers meaningful consumer savings. The core tension: ethanol works — but the system around it is changing For two decades, ethanol has played a clear…

U.S. Fertilizer Strategy: Learn From China — But Don’t Copy It Energy security, not coal dependency, should guide America’s push to expand domestic fertilizer production China’s fertilizer model offers a clear lesson — but also a clear warning. Beijing has built the world’s largest nitrogen fertilizer industry by leaning heavily on coal. That approach has…

Rollins Pulled Back to Washington as White House Activity Intensifies USDA secretary’s schedule shift coincides with Trump meeting and mounting pressure on ag policy fronts USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins appears to have been pulled back into Washington this week amid a flurry of high-level policy activity, fueling questions about a reported trip cancellation and her…