Agbioscience was on-site at the Indiana Farm Bureau’s Ag Threats and Security Summit in March and had a chance to sit down with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s Special Agent in Charge Herb Stapleton to talk all things biosecurity. We get into:  

• The complex labyrinth of threats and risks affecting agriculture in the Midwest and across the United States 
• How threats to agriculture are evolving and what that evolution means for farmers and agbioscience companies alike 
• As Special Agent in Charge, what Herb has witnessed as the most prevalent cyber threats to ag across the Midwest in recent years 
• Herb’s perspective on the relationship between food security and national security 
• What controls farmers and agbioscience companies can put in place to be prepared 
• Action items Herb hopes attendees take from the event – from the simple to the complex