Bill would bolster security in agriculture from foreign interference reintroduced

Bill would bolster security in agriculture from foreign interference reintroduced

A bill has been reintroduced into the 118th Congress that would help protect the agriculture industry and farmland from foreign interference.

Kansas Senator Roger Marshall tells Brownfield the Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act, also known as the FARM Act, helps secure America’s food supply. “Food security is national security.  It’s something that has always been taken for granted, but it’s very important to the security of our country,” he says. “What we’ve seen over the last 5-10 years is foreign governments and owners coming into the ag industry.”

The FARM Act would place the USDA Secretary on the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), which overseas the vetting process of foreign investment and acquisition of American companies.

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