Miller Magazine Issue: 139 July 2021

22 MILLER / july 2021 NEWS Cargill Chairman and CEO David MacLennan addressed members of the National Feed and Grain Association at the organization’s 125th annual convention, acknowledging farmers and ranchers as the heroes of the food system who played a critical role in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. “When the world shut down, farmers, ranchers and work- ers across the food system stepped up to meet the chal- lenge to produce the food and feed that billions of people and animals around the world depend on,” said MacLennan. He acknowledged that while disruptions of COVID-19 are still very much at play, that’s not the only urgent challenge that the food and ag industry faces right now. “The greatest challenge we face is feeding a rapidly growing population, sustainably and responsibly – reducing our emissions, pro- tecting our water resources, and improving the health of the soil our crops and harvests depend on,” he said. “Ag- riculture is part of the solution the world needs right now. Agriculture is how we’ll solve for climate change and sus- tainably feed a growing population.” MacLennan citied the need for broad and lasting efforts at ev- ery point in the supply chain to sustainably and responsibly feed a rapidly growing population estimated to reach close to 10 bil- lion people by 2050. “Inaction is not option,” he stressed, “Too of- ten, our industry gets blamed for climate change. I see a different story. Farmers and ranchers are the heroes of our food system. And they play a critical role in creating a more sustainable fu- ture for our industry, and the world. The changes we make at the roots of our supply chain will deliver the greatest impact – by re- ducing emissions, improving water quality, sequestering carbon, and building up the resilience of our soils for the next generation. Business Diplomacy Awards Ceremony was held by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK) for the second time on June 23, 2021, in İstanbul. The ceremony was hosted by President of DEİK Nail Ol- pak with the participation of Turkish Deputy Minister of Trade Rıza Tuna Turagay. In the ceremony, an award was presented to Cihangir Fikri Saatcioğlu, Chairman of the Turkey-Tajikistan Business Council and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Çift Kartal Foreign Trade on behalf of the Turkey-Tajikistan Business Council for successful work in the ‘Relationships with shareholders’. Çift Kartal is a company that has been active in the milling machinery sector for nearly 50 years, exported to over 80 countries. The company has been active in many areas like research and development, engineer- ing, flour mills, corn flour mills, semolina mills, flour si- los, grain storage systems, conveying, loading and un- loading equipment, drying systems. It offers turnkey mill plant projects with quality-oriented products ranging from 30 to 1000 ton/day capacity. Farmers are key to global supply chain resilience, Cargill CEO MacLennan says Saatçioğlu receives business diplomacy award