Embattled small farms across the United States have another thing to worry about these days: Chinese firms sanctioned by China’s totalitarian regime and buying up farmland in their area. NTD spoke with journalist and policy consultant Brian Reisinger about the new threat facing America’s family farms.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal funding is reportedly helping Beijing advance its military. A new report highlights a troubling phenomenon. The word “China” popped up twice in President Joe Biden’s address to the United Nations. We have more on the highlights of his speech. Is China’s growing influence in the United Nations […]
An investigation by the Daily Caller found that the second-largest foreign owner of U.S. land is a Chinese Communist Party member. NTD spoke with Matt Shoemaker who contributed to the article. He is a former intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The United States and China are holding competing drills in a hotly contested region—the South China Sea. What are the rising threats there? Deterring malign influence from China, Missouri is limiting the farmland foreign adversaries can buy. Why is the state implementing the new rule? U.S. tax cuts for buying electric vehicles are getting harder […]
A seed producer has paid a $280,000 fine to the state of Arkansas for failing to report that the Chinese regime owns a stake in the company, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said on Thursday. Syngenta Seeds LLC, a Switzerland-headquartered producer of genetically modified crop seeds, owns about 160 acres of farmland in Arkansas’ Craighead […]
The U.S. Senate on July 25 overwhelmingly adopted two amendments to the proposed defense budget that would require American tech companies to notify the Treasury Department of any dealings with China-based companies and to prevent entities and individuals from four nations, including China, from acquiring agricultural land anywhere in the country. The “Protection of Covered […]
A new bill is pushing back on Chinese purchases of U.S. farmland by slapping a heavy tax on certain buyers. This comes after Chinese investors spent over 6 billion dollars on American real estate, and China attempted to buy land near U.S. military bases. More states are now taking action to stop it. Topics in […]
A group of bipartisan U.S. senators introduced a bill on Wednesday to ban the purchase of U.S. farmland by Chinese persons and entities. In a press release, Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), John Tester (D-Mont.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) stated their collective objective for the bill: to address national security concerns—food security and […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on March. 7 unveiled a bill to block Chinese Communist Party affiliates from owning U.S. farmland, joining a chorus of lawmakers who are sounding the alarm on the issue. “This Land is Our Land Act” will bar corporations and individuals linked to the Chinese regime from buying or leasing U.S. agricultural […]
Virginia will ban foreign adversaries, including China, from buying agricultural land in the commonwealth, effective Jan. 1, after legislators in the House of Delegates and Senate recently approved versions of the proposal, and sent the measure to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin for his expected signature. Prohibiting China from buying farmland in Virginia tops Youngkin’s legislative agenda this year. […]
The United States is dishing out another blow to China, this time for its ambitions on U.S. soil. Lawmakers have introduced a new House bill that, if passed, would ban China and other adversaries from purchasing American farmland. The measure echoes another bill revealed just last week in the Senate, with a similar goal. But […]
A controversial Chinese corn mill project in Grand Forks, North Dakota, located within 15 miles of the Grand Forks Air Force base, is set to be terminated after the U.S. Air Force warned the project poses a “significant threat to national security.” Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski announced on Jan. 31 that he plans to […]
While U.S. officials continue to express concern over the surge in foreign-owned farm acreage, an important question looms: Who owns America’s water? The answer is opaque, but foreign interests are expanding their hold on U.S. water in ways besides just land ownership. At the moment, the door is wide open for foreign investment in water […]
As China has been purchasing American farmland across the country, former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis want to ban Beijing from purchasing American assets. Gen. Robert Spalding discussed with NewsMakers the issue of Chinese investments in America and possible implications and solutions to the problem.
Former President Donald Trump has promised to ban Chinese nationals from buying U.S. farmland or other critical industries if he retakes the White House. In a nearly three-minute campaign video released on Jan. 18, Trump sounded the alarm that China’s extensive economic influence in the country risks the United States falling under the communist regime’s […]
In this special episode, we sat down with Ross Kennedy, founder of U.S.-based logistics and supply chain advisory Fortis Analysis and senior fellow at Security Studies Group. He sheds light on why China is buying up U.S. farmland, zooming in on the Chinese corn mill project in North Dakota by the Fufeng Group, and how a […]
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on Dec. 13 announced new proposed legislation to restrict farmland purchases by foreign countries, namely communist China. “With this new process, we will be able to prevent nations who hate us—like Communist China—from buying up our state’s agriculture land,” Noem said in a press release. “We cannot allow the Chinese […]
Fifty-one House Republicans have written three of the Biden administration’s top cabinet officials in alarm over efforts by a Chinese entity to acquire farmland near a North Dakota air force base. The transaction in question concerns Fufeng Group, the large producer of food additives in China with links to the Chinese Communist Party. Fufeng recently […]
