The announcement that Tyson would shutter a massive beef processing plant in Nebraska was the first such closure in more than a decade. Beef processors are running at lower capacity, as the U.S. cattle herd size is the smallest it's been since the 1950s.

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The agri-food sector isn’t one of the top targets for cybercriminals — but as farms and production facilities become more reliant on technology, they also become more vulnerable.

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