Bipartisan Bill Would Crack Down on Foreign Purchases of Farmland

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Bipartisan Bill Would Crack Down on Foreign Purchases of Farmland

Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Farmland Security Act of 2025 to help safeguard rural communities and protect American farmland from being secretly bought by foreign investors. The bipartisan legislation will build on current law to ensure that all foreign investors, including “shell companies” who buy American agricultural land, report their holdings, strengthen penalties for those who evade filing, and in…