# A US Freight Rail Crisis Threatens More Supply-Chain Chaos | WIRED

> Federal regulators and the White House are trying to prevent poor rail service and a possible strike from disrupting freight. An example cited is a California poultry operation that struggled to get corn trainloads from Union Pacific earlier this summer. The article describes a growing risk of supply-chain disruption.

- Date: 2022-08-30 · published 2022-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40073-a-us-freight-rail-crisis-threatens-more-supply-chain-chaos-wired
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Feed mills and livestock operations that depend on rail corn deliveries face a risk of shortages and emergency costs. Persistent rail problems could keep regional feed corn prices firm relative to Midwest origin prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-07-15 | [Rail Strike Could Wreak Havoc on Grain Supply Chain \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40499-rail-strike-could-wreak-havoc-on-grain-supply-chain-feed-and-grain.md) | -10.7% | -8.4% |
| CORN | 2025-12-04 | [Mississippi River Crisis Threatens U.S. Grain Exports and Farm Logistics - Agrolatam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16404-mississippi-river-crisis-threatens-u-s-grain-exports-and-farm-logistics.md) | +0.4% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2025-03-24 | [Moldovan railway workers threaten to block Ukrainian grain transit \| RailFreight.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25576-moldovan-railway-workers-threaten-to-block-ukrainian-grain-transit-railfreight.md) | -3.7% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2022-04-20 | [Grain-Importing Nations Hampered by Rising Freight Rates \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41744-grain-importing-nations-hampered-by-rising-freight-rates-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2020-09-15 | [Grain shippers brace for tight rail market - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51304-grain-shippers-brace-for-tight-rail-market-freightwaves.md) | +3.3% | +6.5% |

## Sources

- archive.ph: https://archive.ph/JEYgd

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