Military Service Producers and FBI's Ag Threat Symposium
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The 2022 Census of Agriculture shows that farms operated by producers with military service generated 9% of the U.S. agricultural production value.
www.agrimarketing.com reports, producers with military service accounted for 9.1 percent of all U.S. farm operators
in 2022, down from 10.9% in the 2017 Census.
Farms and ranches operated by current or former military service members produced, on average, about $170,000 per farm in 2022, compared with $286,000 for all operations.
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**Farmers and ranchers from more than 30 states attended the 2024 Agriculture Threats Symposium hosted by the FBI.
With more technology in rural America, there’s a potential for cyber-attacks that could affect the entire agriculture industry.
FBI Agent Gene Kowel says there are four major threats to watch for; criminal ransomware attacks, data theft by foreign adversaries, implanted malware on industrial control systems and farm machinery, and the threat of bioterrorism.
**The USDA will expand slaughterhouse testing for bird flu in beef entering the food supply as a part of its response plan to combat the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle.
Officials say the tests will begin mid-September and urged livestock workers to remain vigilant.
The Print says almost 200 herds in 13 states have contracted the virus since March after it jumped from wild birds to cows.
