Amount of Chinese Farmland in America Unknown

United States intelligence doesn’t know how much U.S. farmland China owns after a recent buying spree, according to a Bloomberg report published on January 18.

• According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (usda), foreign ownership of agricultural land rose 40 percent from 2016 to 2021.

But an analysis from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found problems in that report.

[W]ithout improving its internal processes, usda cannot report reliable information to Congress or the public about where and how much U.S. agricultural land is held by foreign persons.
—U.S. Government Accountability Office

Despite this, most U.S. leaders remain unconcerned about selling important real estate to China.

Decline of America: This shows the development of a trend the Trumpet and its predecessor, the Plain Truth, have watched for decades: the fall of the U.S. and the rise of foreign powers. To learn more, read “Wake Up to the Threat From China.”