More US Farmland Owned by Overseas interests

Jul 27, 2017 • Food Systems and Security, Land Access Strategies • By Agrarian Trust

From The Center for Rural Affairs: A recent report from the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting revealed that foreign holdings of U.S. farmland doubled between 2004 and 2014. Foreign investors now control 27.3 million acres of farmland. Among the leading foreign owners of domestic farmland is the Chinese firm Shuanghui. The same firm purchased pork […]