# Mexico teachers block railway lines, food shortages feared

> Teacher protests have blocked railway lines in Michoacan, Mexico since January 14, halting freight on the Ferromex network. Ferromex says 252 trains carrying 2.1 million tonnes of products have been unable to move, with about 10,500 containers stranded at Manzanillo.

- Date: 2019-01-28 · published 2019-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61099-mexico-teachers-block-railway-lines-food-shortages-feared
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted rail delivery of corn and wheat flour raises the risk of local shortages in Mexico, which can lift domestic feed and grain demand and pressure import needs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-07-14 | [Could Rail Workers Now Strike Starting Monday As Concerns Of a Feed Shortage Continue In the West?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40503-could-rail-workers-now-strike-starting-monday-as-concerns-of-a-feed-shortage.md) | -12.5% | -12.4% |
| CORN | 2022-01-21 | [Canadian cattle producers desperate as feed shortage reaches crisis levels \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43089-canadian-cattle-producers-desperate-as-feed-shortage-reaches-crisis-levels-cbc.md) | +1.4% | +6.9% |
| 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 | 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% |
| CORN | 2022-04-28 | [Labor issues, idle trains leave U.S. grain and food stranded -shippers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41856-labor-issues-idle-trains-leave-u-s-grain-and-food-stranded-shippers.md) | -7.5% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 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) | -1.3% | +1.1% |
| WHEAT | 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) | -0.8% | +7.8% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-26 | [Railway strike huge threat to farmers  - SaskToday.ca](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29275-railway-strike-huge-threat-to-farmers-sasktoday-ca.md) | -4.8% | -7.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-transport-strike/mexico-teachers-block-railway-lines-food-shortages-feared-idUSKCN1PM2LQ/?feedName=worldNews&feedType=RSS

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