Category: farmland

Trump Vows to Ban Chinese Investment in US Farmland if Re-elected

Former President Donald Trump has promised to ban Chinese nationals from buying U.S. farmland or other critical industries if he retakes the White House. In a nearly three-minute campaign video released on Jan. 18 and shared with The Epoch Times, Trump sounded the alarm that China’s extensive economic influence in the country risks the United…


Trump Vows to Ban Chinese Investment in US Farmland if Reelected

Former President Donald Trump has promised to ban Chinese nationals from buying U.S. farmland or other critical industries if he retakes the White House. In a nearly three-minute campaign video released on Jan. 18, Trump sounded the alarm that China’s extensive economic influence in the country risks the United States falling under the communist regime’s…


Youngkin Blocked Ford Battery Plant over China Concerns

Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin does not want his state to participate in the Ford Motor Co. request to build a battery manufacturing plant due to national security concerns associated with China. The automaker has an ongoing agreement with a Chinese company. “We felt that the right thing to do was to not recruit Ford…


American Officials Sound Alarm on China’s Purchases of US Farmland

Sid Miller just won his third term as the Texas agricultural commissioner in November. One of his campaign priorities was to prevent communist China from buying agricultural land and gaining access to the state’s infrastructure. “This is the stupidest thing we can do as a nation,” Miller told The Epoch Times, referring to what he…


‘They’re Going to Exploit Every Loophole’: Ross Kennedy on China Buying Up US Farmland

In this special episode, we sat down with Ross Kennedy, founder of U.S.-based logistics and supply chain advisory Fortis Analysis and senior fellow at Security Studies Group. He sheds light on why China is buying up U.S. farmland, zooming in on the Chinese corn mill project in North Dakota by the Fufeng Group, and how a…


Lawmakers Want to Ban Chinese Companies From Buying US Farmland Due to ‘National Security’ Threat

Chinese companies have acquired over 500,000 acres of farmland in Texas, the agriculture powerhouse of the United States that leads the country in exporting a host of crops. The acquisition of that much acreage has been a concern for Texas lawmakers, particularly for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who told The Epoch Times in an…


GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese Purchase of US Farmland Near Air Force Base

Fifty-one House Republicans have written three of the Biden administration’s top cabinet officials in alarm over efforts by a Chinese entity to acquire farmland near a North Dakota air force base. The transaction in question concerns Fufeng Group, the large producer of food additives in China with links to the Chinese Communist Party. Fufeng recently…


Foreign Company With Troubled Past Buys Into Massive Midwest Carbon Capture Project

Midwest landowners fighting the construction of a 2,000-mile web of carbon-capture pipelines are upset to learn that the company seeking easements on their lands is funded by foreign investors, including at least one with a troubling history. Summit Carbon Solutions aims to build a pipeline through hundreds of farms and other private properties in Iowa,…


EXCLUSIVE: Foreign Company With Troubled Past Buys Into Massive Midwest Carbon Capture Project

Midwest landowners fighting the construction of a 2,000-mile web of carbon-capture pipelines are upset to learn that the company seeking easements on their lands is funded by foreign investors, including at least one with a troubling history. Summit Carbon Solutions aims to build a pipeline through hundreds of farms and other private properties in Iowa,…


Chinese Corn Mill Near US Air Force Base May Carry ‘National Security Implications’: Senators

A trio of U.S. Senators is requesting a security review of a farmland purchase by a Chinese agribusiness whose founder has links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), raising concerns about the property’s proximity to a U.S. military installation. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Texas), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) are asking the Committee on…