USDA Launches Portal for Reporting Foreign-Owned Agricultural Land Transactions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a new online portal designed to streamline the reporting of transactions involving U.S. agricultural land owned by foreign persons or entities. The portal builds on the Trump administration's National Farm Security Action Plan, which seeks to strengthen and modernize reporting requirements for foreign-owned agricultural land.
Interest in foreign ownership of U.S. farmland has increased in recent years, as historically inconsistent reporting has raised questions about the accuracy of existing data. Alongside the portal's launch, USDA released a 2024 summary showing that 3.6% of all privately held agricultural land in the United States is foreign owned.
Staff contact: Matthew Viohl, mviohl@cfbf.com.
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