# Could Rail Workers Now Strike Starting Monday As Concerns Of a Feed Shortage Continue In the West?

> Rail workers voted to strike from Monday unless President Biden intervened, with a Sunday deadline to appoint an emergency board. Feed users in California and the Southwest reported near-empty bins and paid up to $3 over CBOT to source grain by truck.

- Date: 2022-07-14 · published 2022-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40503-could-rail-workers-now-strike-starting-monday-as-concerns-of-a-feed-shortage
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Severe rail bottlenecks forcing feed buyers to pay large premiums over CBOT signal strong western feed-grain demand and rising delivered costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-07-18 | [Trouble Shipping Grain And Feed Via Rail Far From Over, Concerns Now Growing About Possible Worker Strike At Harvest - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40495-trouble-shipping-grain-and-feed-via-rail-far-from-over-concerns-now-growing.md) | -4.0% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2020-10-02 | [Producers Fear Losing Harvest if Rail Strike Continues \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50670-producers-fear-losing-harvest-if-rail-strike-continues-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.1% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-05-30 | [CP Rail train crews go on strike as contract negotiations fail, talks continue - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65032-cp-rail-train-crews-go-on-strike-as-contract-negotiations-fail-talks-continue.md) | -2.3% | -8.2% |
| CORN | 2022-04-19 | [Argentina port workers to go on strike in the middle of soybean, corn harvest \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41858-argentina-port-workers-to-go-on-strike-in-the-middle-of-soybean-corn-harvest-s.md) | -2.4% | -1.2% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- bovinevetonline.com: https://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/ag-policy/could-rail-workers-now-strike-starting-monday-concerns-feed-shortage-continue-west

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