Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 10/25/21

Workers and their unions in the agricultural supply chain are among the industries taking stands not seen in a generation as the country faces an unusually tight labor market and workers want more pay and benefits, especially when they were considered essential during the pandemic. A week before the 10,000 or so Deere and Co. workers went on strike, roughly 1,400 Kellogg workers in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee went on strike. While Deere workers make the machinery, the Kellogg workers turn corn, wheat, oats, barley, sugar, soybean and canola oils into dozens of ready-to-eat cereals.

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