You see this is where the rubber meets the road:
“Union Pacific began mandating railroad shipping reductions by 20%”
Why?
Choice A:
UP is struggling to meet shipment demand. this is a way for them to ration availability.
Choice B:
UP is part of a vast conspiracy to starve people so that Bill Gates can control our food.
Paranoid people choose B.
Occams razor says “A”. If you want me to choose B you need to PROVE TO ME that UP is doing it per choice B. Extraordinary claims require extraordnary evidence.
The answer may be Choice A but still achieves the desired outcome of Choice B.
What precious cargo is taking precedence over fertilizer to grow food for people?