USDA Finds Foreign Interests Hold 3.4% of U.S. Agricultural Land, With Long-Term Leases Increasing and Tied Largely to Renewable Energy
March 03, 2026
March 03, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSLrpt) -- USDA's Economic Research Service has published "Characterizing foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land, 2022" (Economic Information Bulletin EIB 292) by Noah Miller, Clayton Winters Michaud, and Bassmah Isa, dated February 2026. The report uses Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) data to compare foreign owned land with long term foreign leased land (leases of 10 or more years) and to document their uses, locations, and busin . . .