Foreign investment in U.S. farmland may be a national security issue, according to expert – Center Square

In Illinois, foreign investors control 2.6% of agricultural land. The Illinois Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act requires a foreign person or corporation that buys agricultural land in Illinois to report the purchase to the Director of Agriculture within 90 days or pay a stiff fine.
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your dime, your dance floor
4 years ago

Another way to look at this article is over 97% of Illinois farmland is owned by U.S. citizens and corporations. Clearly this “security issue” is Much Ado about Nothing.

debtsor
4 years ago

YOU will own nothing.

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