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USDA Fails To Monitor Farmland’s Foreign Owners

By Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | September 27, 2017

A law requiring foreign investors to report transactions of farmland to the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been on the books for almost 40 years. But, this Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting investigation reveals, little has been done to enforce the law.