Lawmakers: more foreign ag land data needed

Senate Agriculture Committee members plan to take a closer look at foreign ag land ownership in the United States.

Ranking Member John Boozman tells Brownfield he would like to have a hearing on foreign ag land ownership to determine if the issue should be in the next farm bill, but nothing has been scheduled yet. He says lawmakers need more data.

“It’s hard to deal with a problem if you don’t have a good handle on it.

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