CLEVELAND, Ohio — During this stretch of extreme cold, city after city has said it’s dealing with a salt shortage. Cargill tells News 5 it does not have a shortage of salt supplies but says early winter weather led to a surge in demand that its workforce is working overtime to meet. When asked directly, the company responded:“No, we do not have a salt shortage. What we have is extremely high demand right now,” said PJ King, service operations manager at the Cargill Cleveland mine. King says compared to the past few years, this winter, Cargill has seen a 30%-40% increase in demand for salt.