# Looming rail strike threatens biofuel, ag transport - E&E News by POLITICO

> The biofuel industry is bracing for disruption if rail workers strike, since 70% of ethanol shipments move by rail. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper called a strike a disaster that could halt biorefineries. Most crop-based fuels, including corn ethanol, depend on freight trains for inputs and outputs.

- Date: 2022-11-29 · published 2022-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38720-looming-rail-strike-threatens-biofuel-ag-transport-e-and-e-news-by-politico
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

A strike would idle ethanol plants and cut corn and soybean crush demand for biofuel feedstocks. That is bearish for corn and the feed co-products it generates.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-06-30 | [Port strike ‘would be devastating’ for ag, economy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40940-port-strike-would-be-devastating-for-ag-economy.md) | +1.0% | -16.7% |
| CORN | 2018-12-20 | [Olvia Port’s New Terminal Processes First Vessel » The Center for Transport Strategies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61440-olvia-port-s-new-terminal-processes-first-vessel-the-center-for-transport.md) | -1.0% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2022-06-30 | [Argentina trucker strike ends, boosting grains exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14029-argentina-trucker-strike-ends-boosting-grains-exports.md) | +1.0% | -16.7% |
| CORN | 2025-10-15 | [Low Mississippi River levels threaten fall grain movement - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16417-low-mississippi-river-levels-threaten-fall-grain-movement-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.1% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2023-10-26 | [Strikers have shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for days, and negotiations are looming \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33667-strikers-have-shut-down-a-vital-great-lakes-shipping-artery-for-days-and.md) | -3.5% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- eenews.net: https://www.eenews.net/articles/looming-rail-strike-threatens-biofuel-ag-transport/

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