Twenty-eight bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack criticizing USDA’s lax oversight of farmland purchases by China’s Fufeng Group near Grand Forks. The letter stated that “as the foreign acquisition of farmland increases, it is evident more oversight is needed to protect local farmers, rural communities and our national security.” Plans for the Fufeng group to buy farmland near the military base were recently shut down after the Air Force said Chinese ownership of the land posed a security risk.
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