Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 7/1/21


China would be barred from buying more U.S. farmland and the land already in its possession would become ineligible for farm subsidies under language approved by the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. On a voice vote, the provision was added to a $197 billion USDA-FDA funding bill headed for a vote on the House floor. Rep. Dan Newhouse said ownership of nearly 192,000 acres of farmland by Chinese investors was a national security issue.

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