War in Ukraine threatens global food supply (KQED)

KQED’s The Forum produced a segment looking at the important role Ukraine plays in the global food supply chain, the impacts the war is having on it, and what is being done to prevent a deepening global hunger crisis. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. Among several comments, Glauber said, “We have to remember that most of the wheat grown in the US is fall-planted wheat. It was planted before the crisis. The North America situation is that the area has seen wheat decline (corn and soybean) are planted there now. Corn and soybean prices are also up. Soybean requires less fertilizer. We will probably see more area come in, in terms of wheat, but it won’t make a big dent in the wheat situation.”