Omicron Will Stress Food Supply Chains, Stelco reports steel order cancellations...

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Conagra CEO Says Omicron Will Stress Food Supply Chains
Food maker says more of its employees testing positive for Covid-19; quarterly profits fall as costs mount
Why Getting a Covid Test Two Years Into the Pandemic Is Still Difficult

By Jesse Newman
Jan. 6, 2022 2:10 pm ET
Conagra Brands Inc. expects Covid-19’s Omicron variant to stress food supply chains and stretch staffing at the maker of Birds Eye frozen vegetables and Slim Jim meat snacks.

The Chicago-based food manufacturer said more of its employees are testing positive for Covid at a time when heightened consumer demand is already outstripping the company’s available supplies.

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Stelco reported on Bloomberg today a major reduction in steel [Stelco profit reduction] shipments over the past month as auto manufacturers cancel orders because of supply chain and worker Pandemic related disruptions

[blackpowder]

Keeps getting better and better. Doesn't seem to affect the talking heads from perpetuating it though.

[bucket]

Yara CEO said there would be a food crisis due to high fertilizer prices reducing production. He sets the fertilizer prices.

[foragefarmer]

Keeps getting better and better. Doesn't seem to affect the talking heads from perpetuating it though.

Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"

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25 New Deltcron variant reported in Greece:

A new Cross between Delta and Omicron variants, not certain as to the infection severity and transmission capabilities…

All new reported Deltacron cases are from hospitals in Greece… which is disturbing.

Omicron is infectious alongside influenza, last year few influenza infections, this year Omicron and Influenza together much more common.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/5-million-americans-estimated-sick-140100456.html

RFD TV Rural Health Matters 4pm Report

This very likely to affect commodity markets in near future … community infrastructure capacity is a serious concern…. US said don’t travel to Canada.

Cheers

[burnt]

No more unjabbed truck drivers crossing the border either way in a week or so, CTA says it will affect 10 -15% of drivers, taking them off the job.

Can't see any issues arising from that, right?

You think we have supply chain issues now?

And rising prices? What would people be willing to pay after they see that the necessities of life are scarce-to-near-impossible to buy?

What will they be willing to do if their family is hungry?

Neighbor said that there were no eggs on the cooler shelf in the biggest store in town on the weekend, confirming what our household shopper told me from her shopping trip earlier in the week.

Empty egg shelves in the middle of Ontario farming country, millions of laying hens just miles from that store.

Nothing to see here, move on folks.

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25 New Deltcron variant reported in Greece:

A new Cross between Delta and Omicron variants, not certain as to the infection severity and transmission capabilities…

All new reported Deltacron cases are from hospitals in Greece… which is disturbing.

Omicron is infectious alongside influenza, last year few influenza infections, this year Omicron and Influenza together much more common.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/5-million-americans-estimated-sick-140100456.html

RFD TV Rural Health Matters 4pm Report

This very likely to affect commodity markets in near future … community infrastructure capacity is a serious concern…. US said don’t travel to Canada.

Cheers

Hopefully this is the case and the fear mongering can slow down already

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I was speaking to someone who works outdoors, mostly alone, miles from one another. He has been very busy because so many of his fellow employees have been at home isolating with Covid. None actually sick though. I assume this is the case throughout the supply chains.

At some point these disruptions causes more deaths and harm to our healthcare system than the problem they are attemting to stop.

[sumdumguy]

Tey buying a case of Ichiban Soup at Superstore. The oatmeal shelf with just two bags left.

[blackpowder]

Dealer told me they're not getting anymore phos until they rig up their own trucks.