The South Dakota Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee gave a ‘do pass’ recommendation for legislation placing restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land. Agriculture Secretary Hunter Roberts testified in favor of the bill. “South Dakota has seen nearly a 320 percent increase in foreign-held agriculture land holdings from 2010 to 2022; every county in the state has recorded instances of foreign investor land holdings,” said Roberts. “It’s a trend that we’re seeing that we’re not comfortable with.” There was no testimony offered in opposition to the bill.
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