Organic soybean meal prices are steady with offers as low at $710 in Michigan, and as high as $760 in areas of Wisconsin and Illinois. With labor strife at the Port of Montreal disrupting supply chains in Eastern Canada prices on the east coast are also bifurcated. The walkout by dockworkers is nearly two weeks old, according to Merchandisers. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the longshore workers have been working without a contract since the end of 2018, and they’re looking for an improvement in scheduling. Montreal is a major gateway for both container and bulk-industrial grains which is forcing some shippers to look at Halifax and even to some U.S. East Coast ports as alternatives.

Slaughter Houses Continue to Wrestle with COVID-19

According to an article reported by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, nearly 400 slaughterhouses in the US have had outbreaks of the coronavirus as of August 19, 2020. The issue is…