Report: Foreign People Own 1.7 Percent of Private U.S. Agricultural Land

A report of foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land shows that foreign people own 1.7 percent of all privately held U.S. agricultural land and 0.98 percent of all land in the United States. That’s a 1.3 million acre increase from 2008. The report, released yesterday, contains statistics through Feb. 28, 2009, regarding the 22.2 million acres of U.S. agricultural land in which foreign people hold an interest. Review the report.