WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Following the lead of at least two dozen states, the Trump administration is promising to crack down on U.S. farmland purchases by foreign governments. On Tuesday, U.S.

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Six states — Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Oklahoma — ban foreign ownership of farmland, and another 20 limit foreign investment.

Syngenta owns about 1,500 acres of U.S. farmland for research, development, and regulatory trials. Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland has dropped in recent years, declining from 384,000 acres in 2021.

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