Everything can be politicized, except food. This holds more relevance amid widespread protest and collective boycott calls against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine since Feb. 24 . With hundreds of multinational companies exiting Russia, pressure is mounting on major agricultural trading companies to follow suit. But is it too much of an ask? Probably. The Big 4 of world agriculture – also called ABCDs – namely Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge , Cargill , and Louis Dreyfus are not expected to leave Russia, at least not in the short-term, analysts told S&P Global Commodity Insights. Speculations of the Big 4 leaving have been rife in the market since the companies announced “downsizing of operations” in Russia. Louis Dreyfus was the first of the four entities to halt its business in Russia in early March, before Bunge announced the suspension of any new export business from the country. On March 11, […]