16. Foreign Ownership of US Farmland

In this episode, we review the amount of US Farmland owned by foreign countries, with a close look at Chinese ownership.

Source Citations:
https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/foreign-ownership-of-u-s-agricultural-land/
https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-cosponsors-bipartisan-bicameral-bill-to-protect-ag-industry-from-foreign-interference

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/economic-and-policy-analysis/afida/annual-reports/index

https://www.card.iastate.edu/farmland/; and https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/data/rural-land/#!/state/Texas

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shuanghui-idUSBRE94S0K920130529

https://www.wiley.law/alert-2772

https://www.alston.com/-/media/files/insights/publications/2013/09/iclient-alerti-shuanghui-wins-cfius-approval-of-sm/files/view-client-alert-as-pdf/fileattachment/smithfield-cfiuseng.pdf

https://devilsriverconservancy.org/press-releases/2023/1/17/foreign-renewable-energy-company-poses-threat-to-preserved-west-texas-land-and-river-basins-with-proposed-wind-farm

https://greenalia.es/en/articles/greenalia-expands-its-us-presence-with-303-mw-blue-hills-onshore-wind-project-in-texas/; and https://renewablesnow.com/news/spains-greenalia-buys-controversial-texas-wind-project-from-spurned-chinese-developer-807068/

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11977

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1084

https://www.mychinainterpreter.com/china-expats-guide/can-foreigners-buy-property-in-china/

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