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Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments — Part Four

by NALC staff Since January 2021, almost every state has proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict...

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments — Part Three

by NALC staff Since January 2021, almost every state has proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict...

Limits on Land Acquisitions: Three States Amend Their Foreign Ownership Laws

Since January 2024, the majority of states have proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict foreign investments...

Eleventh Circuit Narrowly Blocks Florida From Enforcing Foreign Ownership Law

On February 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted a partial injunction in favor of two...

Who Owns the Ag Land? Congress Considering Changes to the Federal Reporting Regime

On January 25, 2024, Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024 (S. 3666) which seeks to amend...

USDA Proposes Updates to Foreign Held Agricultural Land Reporting

Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) announced that it is seeking public feedback—due by February 16, 2024—on how foreign persons...