According to the USDA, over 43.4 million acres of U.S. agricultural land is foreign-owned.
Senator Mike Braun celebrated the passage of the House version of the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024.
This bill in the Senate was led by Senator Mike Braun and Senator Tommy Tuberville.
The Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 would add the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to add another layer of scrutiny on foreign acquisitions of U.S. farmland and agricultural industries and, specifically, flag farmland purchases by foreign adversaries like China, North Korea, Russia and Iran.
According to the USDA, over 43.4 million acres of U.S. agricultural land is foreign-owned.
This bill is sponsored by the Indiana Farm Bureau, American Farm Bureau, Indiana Soybean Alliance, Indiana Corn Growers Association, and the National Cattleman’s Beef Association.
Merger between Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. and The Farmers Bancorp, receives shareholder approval
Taste of Shelby County on June 5
NineStar Park Trail named as grant recipient
Franklin volleyball official Dan Morgan to be honored
Memorial Day law enforcement pursuit ended in Rush County with crash, drug-related arrest
Saia continues network growth with new facility in Edinburgh
State Road 44 ramp to I-74 westbound set to close in Shelby County
Indiana State Fair holds job fair on June 4
