More data released on foreign-owned land

by | Jan 14, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News

Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land remains a widely debated topic. Two additional years of data from 2022 and 2023 became available recently, and Danny Munch, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, said only a small portion of foreign-owned land is held by adversarial nations.

Munch said our neighbors to the north hold a majority of foreign-owned land.

Munch added that many of those investments are tied to timber and renewable energy. However, there are still concerns regarding foreign ownership of American ag land.

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