The foreign ownership of agricultural land in the United States is a growing concern for many involved with the industry -- including U.S. farm groups and lawmakers.
Arkansas recently ordered the Chinese-owned seed company Syngenta to sell 160 acres of farmland in the state within the next two years.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke with RFD-TV’s own Susan Alexander this Monday morning on the Market Day Report to explain Arkansas’s recently passed giving lawmakers greater authority to sanction foreign ag-land ownership within the state.
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