Cargill dodges Russian missiles but vows to keep feeding both sides of the Ukraine war (Forbes) 

Forbes published an article stating that Cargill the biggest privately held company in the U.S. has been operating in the area for decades and says food should never be used as a weapon. Together, Russia and Ukraine produce nearly one-third of the world’s exported wheat. Millions of people, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, are in danger of going hungry this year due to export shortages caused by the war. “There’s grain in Odesa, and normally it should’ve been sent, but it’s not been sent,” says David Laborde Debucquet, senior research fellow. About 20 million tons of wheat “from Ukraine that should’ve normally reached the market may not reach the market. It will create an additional vacuum with very limited options about how we’re going to fill it.”