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Gluesenkamp Perez, Moolenaar Introduce Farmland Security Act
Gluesenkamp Perez, Moolenaar Introduce Farmland Security Act
Gluesenkamp Perez, Moolenaar Introduce Farmland Security Act
On Wednesday, Southwest Washington’ Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Michigan Representative John Moolenaar introduced the Farmland Security Act of 2025.  The two said the bipartisan bill will increase transparency and oversight of foreign ownership of American farmland.   Foreign-owned ag...
California Senate Bill Takes Aim at Saving Farmlands
California Senate Bill Takes Aim at Saving Farmlands
California Senate Bill Takes Aim at Saving Farmlands
A bill before the California state legislature would help pay landowners who promise to keep their land in farming.  Amid a push by local leaders to conserve farmland and open spaces in the Bay Area from future development, state senator David Cortese has introduced a bill that would shore up funding to preserve agricultural land throughout the state despite the measure’s uncertain financial outlo
Farmland Continues To Decline Nationwide
Farmland Continues To Decline Nationwide
Farmland Continues To Decline Nationwide
A recent study by the University of Illinois determined farmland continues to disappear across the U.S.  The study from Farmdoc said land in farms declined in each region of the country and was led by pastureland.  The decline in pastureland was likely facilitated by a growth in livestock confinement operations.  Planted cropland ...
House GOP May Look To Pass PAAFA Act This Month
House GOP May Look To Pass PAAFA Act This Month
House GOP May Look To Pass PAAFA Act This Month
House Republicans may try to attach several bills to a must-pass funding measure needed by month’s end to avert a government shutdown.  Among those is a ban on foreign adversaries owning U.S. farmland.  The ban on China and other foreign adversaries owning U.S. farmland, especially n...
Of Dust Devils and Demons
Of Dust Devils and Demons
Of Dust Devils and Demons
As you travel across the Pacific Northwest, you will experience many types of landscapes. High deserts, forests, mountains, and coastline. And while you drive these diverse terrains you see it, a field tornado, the tracks of a Tasmanian devil, a field demon: a dust devil.

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