A Missouri Senate committee is considering a bill to restrict foreign ownership of farmland. The idea has been muddied up with different viewpoints of foreign ownership over the years, including preventing any ownership of land across Missouri rather than just...
As the 2024 Legislative session draws near, State Representative Mike Haffner is inquiring about changes as to who or what entities can buy land in Missouri. He joins Marshall Griffin to give the details.
The race for governor is heating up with a hot-button topic being foreign ownership of agriculture land. During a Missouri Farm Bureau candidate forum that was hosted by Brownfield Ag News, Republican candidate, state Senator Bill Eigel, accused China of manipulating...
Missouri lawmakers in 2013 voted to allow up to 1% of farmland to be held by foreign ownership. Following that, a Chinese company purchased Smithfield foods, considered the largest pig and pork producer in the world. Senate-elect Rusty Black of Chillicothe pre-filed a...
