AALA member Todd Janzen with Janzen Ag Law summarized “who is a ‘foreign person’ in the eyes of USDA” for the Agri Marketing magazine. At the state and federal level, he explained, there are bills seeking to reduce or increase reporting obligations for foreign ownership of farmland, although the federal Agriculture Department has been requiring “foreign persons” to identify themselves when purchasing farmland in the U.S. since 1978.

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