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With more than $ 136.7 billion in sales and revenue over the 2013 fiscal year and facilities in 67 countries around the world , it ’ s undisputed that Cargill is one of the biggest agricultural and food processing companies in the world . But just because you ’ re big does not mean that you ’ re completely immune to disaster . There are some things that no one can fully plan for , but that can seriously affect your business .
One of those things is having a production facility in a region that has ended up being at the center of a political conflict marked by increasing violence . When you ’ ve been in business for over a century and are operating in 67 countries , to have at least one of those countries fall into conflict at one time or another is practically assured .
Cargill experienced that firsthand this summer , as tensions have escalated in Eastern Ukraine . In mid- July , its sunflower-processing plant in Donetsk was seized and occupied by a group of “ armed individuals .” Then in August a grain silo at the plant caught fire , caused by a missile strike .
This isn ’ t even the first disaster that Cargill has weathered this
One of Cargills many facitities
‘ Cargill is one of the biggest agricultural and food processing companies in the world . But just because you ’ re big does not mean that you ’ re completely immune to disaster . ’
10 October 2014