Posted on Mar 14, 2023
Worried about spying and tensions with China, Midwest states want to limit who can buy farmland
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Legislation is being proposed at the federal and state level to restrict foreign ownership of farmland, especially by China. The scrutiny comes after a Midwestern project was scuttled by military concerns and the flight of a Chinese spy balloon across the U.S.
A proposed corn mill processing plant was expected to be a big economic boon for Grand Forks, North Dakota, bringing hundreds of jobs.
Then the U.S. Air Force weighed in at the request of North Dakota’s two U.S. senators — finding the Chinese-owned project’s proximity to a military base made it a "significant threat to national security."
The city council voted the project down soon after.
A proposed corn mill processing plant was expected to be a big economic boon for Grand Forks, North Dakota, bringing hundreds of jobs.
Then the U.S. Air Force weighed in at the request of North Dakota’s two U.S. senators — finding the Chinese-owned project’s proximity to a military base made it a "significant threat to national security."
The city council voted the project down soon after.
Worried about spying and tensions with China, Midwest states want to limit who can buy farmland
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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Capt Jeff S.
Those who vote Democrat voted for this. Of course, it is a matter of national security and what we have going on is an out-of-touch O'Biden Administration that is selling this country out and laundering the money. Of course, these things were known about Biden when he was running, but the media downplayed it and Democrat voters ignored the obvious and voted for him anyway -- despite the fact he was cognitively challenged at the time and should have been answering investigators about his:
* illegal spying on the Trump campaign;
* groping of women and children and allegations of sexual assault by several women including Tara Reade;
* mishandling of classified material which, as VP, he had no power to declassify;
* income that he failed to claim on his taxes from his influence peddling and money laundering family business that we were told was Russian disinformation -- except that it wasn't.
Biden is nothing more than a willing accomplice to fraud and he is the beneficiary of a stolen election. Biden does not run his staff; they tell him what to do. He is a puppet and beholden to the special interests (foreign and domestic) that helped him defraud the public. Biden is still working for his boss Obama, who is pulling the strings on our Democratic leadership in Congress from a SCIF installed inside his DC mansion which has walls around it, unlike our Southern border which is wide open and across which have enough illegals crossed in the time Biden has been squatting in the White House (approx 7.5 million that we know about plus ? that we don't know about) to fill the state of Nebraska approximately four times over. You can pretty well imagine how these illegals will be voting because they came for the incentives promised to them by the Democrats and to hook up their self-interest -- at OUR expense! Their votes have been bought by declining to prosecute their criminal trespasses and other criminal activity and send them back.
* illegal spying on the Trump campaign;
* groping of women and children and allegations of sexual assault by several women including Tara Reade;
* mishandling of classified material which, as VP, he had no power to declassify;
* income that he failed to claim on his taxes from his influence peddling and money laundering family business that we were told was Russian disinformation -- except that it wasn't.
Biden is nothing more than a willing accomplice to fraud and he is the beneficiary of a stolen election. Biden does not run his staff; they tell him what to do. He is a puppet and beholden to the special interests (foreign and domestic) that helped him defraud the public. Biden is still working for his boss Obama, who is pulling the strings on our Democratic leadership in Congress from a SCIF installed inside his DC mansion which has walls around it, unlike our Southern border which is wide open and across which have enough illegals crossed in the time Biden has been squatting in the White House (approx 7.5 million that we know about plus ? that we don't know about) to fill the state of Nebraska approximately four times over. You can pretty well imagine how these illegals will be voting because they came for the incentives promised to them by the Democrats and to hook up their self-interest -- at OUR expense! Their votes have been bought by declining to prosecute their criminal trespasses and other criminal activity and send them back.
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I am surprised that any conservative would support the government telling a person who they can or cannot sell their property to.
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Capt Jeff S.
MSG Stan Hutchison - Ohhh, I don't know. Probably the guy who said this: "I am surprised that any conservative would support the government telling a person who they can or cannot sell their property to."
Why don't you tell us who that is. Did someone hack your account?
Why don't you tell us who that is. Did someone hack your account?
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MSG Stan Hutchison
Capt Jeff S. - I stand by my earlier comment. Most conservatives I know adamantly oppose the federal government getting involved in anything like the sale of personal property. That is not "selling out this country."
If you are a property owner looking to sell and someone offers you substantially more for your property than you are asking, are you going to refuse?
If you are a property owner looking to sell and someone offers you substantially more for your property than you are asking, are you going to refuse?
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Corporate farming has made family farming obsolete. Land pricing, seed and fertilizer pricing has pretty much shut out any entry, or inheritance into farm and ranching. I agree that we shouldn't be selling to foreign nationals, but there has to be a better option for families to get into farming or continue the family legacy.
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Capt Jeff S.
The problem with corporate farming is that you lose control of the quality of the product because corporations are driven by one thing: Profit. That means that they are more inclined to use pesticides, herbicides, and GMO seeds to grow products that aren't that healthy for us, and now we have less choice of suitable alternatives that are priced competitively.
Our country was built on industry and agriculture. And we are becoming increasingly dependent on overseas production for both. It's a shame what's going on here.
Our country was built on industry and agriculture. And we are becoming increasingly dependent on overseas production for both. It's a shame what's going on here.
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