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From 2,000 to 300,000 acres, the shift in farmland ownership is alarming—and it’s raising eyebrows all around Washington D.C.

The USDA said it has fired 70 foreign contract researchers after a national security review intended to secure the U.S. food supply from adversaries including China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.

Senator Tom Cotton has introduced the Biothreat Prevention Act, legislation that would ban federal funding to any lab or university conducting agricultural research involving nationals from China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, or North Korea...

“Come to find out, Washington is one of the top states for foreign ownership of agricultural land. This bill takes a stab at not allowing foreign adversaries, and that's listed by the U.S. State Department, to be able to purchase farm ground. I ju...

The latest report on foreign ownership of U.S. ag land shows that 45.85 million acres of U.S. farmland were held by foreign investors in 2023.  That represents 3.61% of total privately held agricultural land in the U.S.  This marks a 1.58-million-acre (3....

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...

The bipartisan Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security, or PASS Act was recently introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate.  Supporters of the legislation say it will protect U.S. national security by preventing foreign adversaries from taking any ownership or control of agricultural land and businesses in the United States.  The bil...

Farm state Senators have joined House colleagues in trying to crack down on foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.  In June, House appropriators included a ban on Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran owning U.S. farmland in their annual USDA spending bill.  Cu...

On Thursday, Dan Newhouse introduced an amendment to the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies FY2023 Appropriations Bill prohibiting the purchase of agricultural land in the U.S. by companies owned, in full or in part, by the People’s Republic of China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran. “...

Sources close to the White House say President Trump backed off imposing billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese goods because of discord within the administration.   There’s also concern within the White House over the possibility of harming negotiations with North Korea.  Trump also re...