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Crude oil prices dropped sharply with traffic flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. There were reports that Iran was behind an attack on a cargo ship near the coast of Oman, which would be a violation of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran. President Trump claimed the drone strikes violated the ceasefire between the two countries. No casualties were reported and markets seemed to shrug off the news. President Trump signed an executive order to expand research into regenerative agriculture and develop alternatives to conventional crop protection active ingredients under the Make America Healthy Again initiative. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the release of the USDA’s...
On Wednesday, the White House submitted a national security supplemental spending request for $87.6 billion. The majority of the request includes funding for the conflict in the Middle East, but there are agricultural provisions as well. The supplemental funding package includes more than $11 b...
Can we really expect a bushel of corn to carry an environmental passport throughout the entire food system? One that reliably documents its carbon footprint, biodiversity impacts, water use, soil carbon, and other environmental attributes all the way from the farm field to the consumer? This is...
