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More than 10,000 Deere employees went on strike last week at 14 Deere factories in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Georgia after the United Auto Workers union rejected a contract offer.
Farmers and Deere & Co. suppliers are worried about what the strike at the tractor maker's factories will mean for their livelihoods.
Distributors and farmers already dealing with struggling supply chains could have even more trouble finding parts as the UAW began its strike Thursday.
The sense of relief and excitement was palpable last week as the local allotment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines arrived and healthcare workers were innoculated. Due to initial limited supply recipients were prioritized, beginning first with frontline healthcare workers that included Kerrville Fire Department Emergency Medical Services crews, Peterson Health physicians and nurses, Kerrville State Hospital and Veterans Administration Hospital staff. While the hospitals administered the vaccine shots themselves, H-E-B Pharmacist Amber Burress mobilized to vaccinate other healthcare workers includi...