Foreign Investors Control State-Sized Portion of US Agricultural Land

Foreign Investors Control State-Sized Portion of US Agricultural Land
Workers on a farm in the Imperial Valley, Calif., on Jan. 31, 2017. Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images
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Multiple foreign countries and investment groups have been quietly acquiring land designated for agriculture in the United States over the past decade.

Foreign interests presently control 37.6 million acres of pasture, timber, and farmland. This amounts to an area roughly the size of Iowa or Illinois.
Autumn Spredemann
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Autumn is a South America-based reporter covering primarily Latin American issues for The Epoch Times.
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