Secret Acres: Foreign-Owned Agricultural Land Inaccurately Tracked by Government

By Jamie Grey, Emily Featherston, Cory Johnson and Lee Zurik

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American soil is becoming less and less American when it comes to ownership. Foreign companies are snapping up land across the country, including millions of acres of farmland.

But the conversation about foreign agricultural policy is difficult to have, according to some farmers, lawmakers and researchers, because the true level of overseas ownership is largely unknown.

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