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Brooke Rollins, the new head of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), told Breitbart News last week that one of her top priorities in her new role is something many of us have been hoping for for a long time: stopping China from buying U.S. farmland.
“One of the very, very top of the list perhaps is the Chinese purchase of our farmland. A lot of that land is around some of our military outposts,” she said.
Back in January, I wrote about how, as of 2023, the USDA reported that “46 million acres of crop, pasture, and forest lands were held by investors from outside of the United States.” That’s 3.6% of all public land in the U.S. While Chinese land ownership actually declined a bit in 2023, investments from countries like Canada, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom were on the rise. Canadians currently own more U.S. land than any other foreigners.
Related: Guess Who Is Buying Up U.S. Farmland Now?
Several states have already been working toward or have passed laws that impose restrictions or outright bans. According to data gathered by Voice of America, “As of mid-December of last year, 215 bills restricting…
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