November 20, 2025 - Foreign ownership of agricultural land, once a relatively innocuous regulatory area, has come under scrutiny in recent years as state and federal lawmakers have sought to impose ...

Concerns over foreign land ownership are as old as the Declaration of Independence, ebbing and flowing with the geopolitical tensions of the day. As foreign land ownership increased 23.3% over the ...

Many states are imposing limits on foreign land ownership, especially in the context of agricultural land, which is often essential for renewable energy projects. These limitations prohibit various ...

Concerns over foreign land ownership are as old as the Declaration of Independence. As foreign land ownership increased 23.3% over the past decade, from 25.9 million acres in 2013 to 32.0 million ...

According to USDA’s latest AFIDA report, 45.85 million acres of U.S. agricultural land were held by foreign investors in 2023, which represents 3.61% of total privately held agricultural land in the ...

Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land, which includes timberland, remains a widely debated and often controversial topic, fueled by concerns about the implications of foreign investments — ...