Texas has seen the greatest increase in foreign-owned agricultural land and also leads the nation in agricultural land owned by foreign entities, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The report shows that nearly 5.3 million acres of ag land in Texas are owned by foreign entities, based on the USDA’s 2021 revised data, up by nearly 549,000 acres the year before. The latest figure represents 3.4 percent of the state’s forestland, cropland, and pastureland and sits slightly above the national percentage of 3.1 percent. (pdf)
