Business Description

," "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," and elsewhere in this Annual Report, including: • the impact on our employees, operations, and facilities from the war in Ukraine and the resulting economic and other sanctions imposed on Russia, including the impact on us resulting from the continuation and/or escalation of the war and sanctions against Russia; • the effect of weather conditions and the impact of crop and animal disease on our business; • the impact of global and regional economic, agricultural, financial and commodities market, political, social and health conditions; • changes in government policies and laws affecting our business, including agricultural, trade, tariff and foreign investment policies, financial markets regulation and environmental, tax and biofuels regulation; • the impact of