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Bacon: 'Agricultural security is national security'
Washington,
November 17, 2022
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Agriculture
Nebraska's newly re-elected 2nd District Congressman continues to see a threat from China and other bad actor nations buying up farmland in the United States. Chinese ownership of farmland in the U.S. is a national security threat, Rep. Don Bacon recently told USDA Newswire. "Agricultural security is national security and Nebraska is one of the largest food-producing states in the nation and the world," Bacon said to Federal Newswire. "The fact that China owns over 350,000 acres - most of which are near military facilities - should be of grave concern, particularly since tensions with China are on the rise." Read the full story here. |