States Mull Limits on Foreign Ownership of Farmland

Photo caption: Farmland along the coast of California. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Article by Johnathan Hettinger. Modern Farmer – November 19, 2022. This story was originally published in Investigate Midwest.

Amid growing concern about Chinese investment in U.S. agriculture, there has been a renewed push to limit and more closely monitor foreign ownership of farmland across the country. At least eight states considered implementing a new limit on foreign control of agricultural land, and one, Indiana, passed a new law limiting new investment by foreign companies—specifically citing China as a reason for passing the law. […]

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