A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office says USDA needs to do a better job collecting, tracking and sharing data on foreign-owned agricultural land.
The latest information from USDA says in 2022, more than 43 million acres of U.S. agricultural land is foreign owned. But Kim Gianopoulos, a director with GAO’s International Affairs and Trade Team, tells Brownfield the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States that reviews land transactions needs timely and updated data from USDA.
