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Three federal agencies warned critical infrastructure entities, including food and agriculture organizations, to implement new recommendations and hopefully, protect against BlackMatter Ransomware attacks.

Democrats face some strong headwinds as they try to win back rural voters, and one of those challenges remains former President Trump himself.

Democratic congressional leaders are under pressure from progressives to fund as many social programs as possible as the Build Back Better plan is pared back. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday that discussions are continuing about what to fund.

More than $90 billion in agriculture spending, including a 50% increase in conservation program funding, is at stake as congressional Democrats wrangle over how to pare back their $3.5 trillion Build Back Better bill to woo critical moderate votes.

Whether it's backlogs at ports delaying the arrival of containers from China, congestion at railroad hubs, or slowdowns at American manufacturing plants, farmers and ranchers are seeing rising prices and mounting delays for machinery, spare parts, packaging material, inputs and other supplies they need to bring in their crops and market their commodities.

Policies preventing Facebook users from selling animals and animal products on the platform have presented a challenge to livestock producers looking for ways to market their products to consumers.

Tractor and combine sales had a strong month in September, posting year-over-year gains across many of the categories tracked by a monthly report maintained by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.