A good book, think of it as a more general (non-technical) economic history of wheat, authored by Scott Reynolds Nelson. The sad thing is the book's subtitle: "How American Wheat Made the World" -- yes it covers America, but a lot of the book, and I would say its best parts, focus on Russia and Ukraine.
I guess the publisher figured American readers don't care that much about Ukraine? Here is one excerpt:
And this:
A fun book for me.
