US, States Weigh Farmland Restrictions After Chinese Balloon Incident
Legislative proposals were introduced this month out of concern for long-term food security and land potentially being used as a perch for spying
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Legislative proposals were introduced this month out of concern for long-term food security and land potentially being used as a perch for spying
As U.S.-China relations cool amid trade disputes and espionage fears stoked by the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the Atlantic Coast, lawmakers in Congress and at least 11 statehouses are weighing legislation to further limit foreign ownership of farmland.
Some worry that power over agriculture and the food supply could end up in the wrong hands.
Lawmakers in at least 11 statehouses and Congress are weighing further restrictions on foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.
HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — Near the banks of Montana's Musselshell River, cattle rancher Michael Miller saw a large, white orb above the town of Harlowton last week, a day before