Northwest Iowa — Fourth District Congressman Randy Feenstra is introducing a bill that would increase the federal government’s monitoring of farmland purchases by foreign business. Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, says the Farmland Act is aimed at China.
The bill directs U.S. agencies to cooperate on oversight of these transactions.
Chinese firms have been purchasing US ag businesses, and that’s a concern to Feenstra.
In particular, Feenstra says he’s concerned over Chinese land purchases near military bases.
Feenstra says the federal government has not enforced laws already on the books that would protect the U.S. from acquisition of farmland by foreign adversaries.
