American farmers and agribusinesses now have two major obstacles to shipping commodities. 

Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition tells Brownfield the 360 members of the UNIFOR union went on strike Sunday, idling thirteen Canadian locks along the St. Lawrence Seaway. “Any closure at one of the locks will basically close the whole system and the net result is that there are no imports coming into the system, no exports leaving from the system, and obviously, it’s just one more challenge facing agriculture’s supply chain.”

The closed St.

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