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https://www.themainewire.com/2025/07/new-usda-initiative-cracks-down-on- chinese-ownership-of-u-s-farmland/

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced
the new National Farm Security Action Plan on Tuesday, focusing on the importance of agriculture for national security, and taking steps against Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland.

[RELATED: New Map Breaks Down Chinese Ownership of Farmland by State�]

�This Action Plan puts America�s farmers, families, and future
first�exactly where they belong. Under President Trump�s leadership,
American agriculture will be strong, secure, and resilient. He will never
stop fighting for our farmers and our ranchers,� said Rollins.

�Foreign ownership of land near strategic bases and US military
installations poses a serious threat to our national security. The Farm Security Plan will put America First and keep our bases across the
homeland secure,� added Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Though the plan does not outright ban the purchase of American farmland by China or other foreign adversaries, it does take steps to further secure
U.S. farmland. Under the new plan, the USDA will place greater scrutiny on agricultural land purchases by foreigners, including a greater attention
to the geospatial location of the land, which would show whether it is
near sensitive locations such as military installations.

The USDA will also work with the Department of Treasury to conduct reviews
of foreign agriculture, and agriculture-related biotech operations in the
U.S.

In announcing her plan, Rollins promised that the USDA will work with
Congress and state legislatures to advocate for legislative and executive action to end ownership and control of U.S. farmland by foreign nationals
from adversarial nations.

�This is an all of government approach. What that means is that if we�re
gonna really ban China from buying our farmland, or any foreign
adversaries, it�s got to be, the states have to lean in, the federal
government has to step up. We�ve got to have executive orders out of the
White House,� said Rollins speaking on Fox News.

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Today, I announced the next pillar of our Make Agriculture Great Again Initiative: The @USDA�s National Farm Security Action Plan.

Because we all know that protecting the homeland begins with protecting
our farmland.

The USDA will encourage farmers and others to use a new online portal to
report false or failed reporting and compliance with the Agricultural
Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA), that requires foreign investors to report their agriculture land transactions to the USDA.

The portal will also accept reports of adversarial foreign influence on lawmakers meant to sway agricultural policies.

The Farm Security Plan will identify and address potential risks to the
U.S. agriculture system that could be exploited by an enemy nation, and to prevent the influx of dangerous biological or chemical agents that could devastate the U.S. food supply.

The USDA plan also cracks down on abuses of the U.S.�s food assistance programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in compliance with President Donald Trump�s executive order �Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders.�

That crackdown will ensure that enforcement actions are taken against
fraud, that no funds assist terrorism or criminal activity in any way, and
will ensure that businesses previously found complicit in SNAP fraud will
no longer be able to accept SNAP transactions.

American farmers will benefit from the new USDA initiative, which will
ensure that research benefits domestic, rather than foreign, agricultural enterprises, and that foreign adversaries do not receive USDA research
grants.

�USDA will continue to review, identify, and subsequently eliminate all agreements
both funded and unfunded going to people and entities from countries of
concern or other foreign adversaries as well as other arrangements with
foreign entities that are no longer aligned with USDA�s mission,� said the plan.

�Unless statutorily required and/or strategically approved by USDA
leadership, all
USDA funding will immediately be prioritized to be conducted in America
using American made technology, research, and innovation including but not limited to drones, biotechnology, and biomanufacturing,� it continued.

Concerns about Chinese ownership of U.S. land have grown in recent years,
and only continue to rise, fueled by things like Chinese owned marijuana
grows using toxic illegal pesticides in rural Maine, Chinese ownership of
land near military bases, and Chinese nationals attempting to smuggle
potential bioterrorism agents into the U.S. that could devastate the
nation�s food supply.

[RELATED: Chinese Nationals Caught Trying to Smuggle Dangerous Biological
Agent Into the U.S�.]

According to a 2024 map from the USDA, China and Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) associated entities owned a staggering 346,915 acres of farmland in
the U.S., including in Maine, much of which lies near U.S. military bases.

The land�s proximity to military bases is more concerning given the
successful use of drone technology in ongoing wars across the globe.

Ukraine successfully smuggled drones deep into Russia using trucks that
went undetected until they launched a successful surprise attack on a
Russian airfield containing the nation�s strategic nuclear capable
bombers.

As part of Israel�s recent strikes on Iran, the nation�s intelligence
agency, Mossad, successfully infiltrated the Islamic country, constructed
drone facilities inside Iran, and launched successful attacks from those facilities.

Those successful operations raise questions about what China could do with hundreds of thousands of acres of U.S. land. Could China have drone
facilities on land near U.S. bases, awaiting an order to strike?


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