Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz) (left) and and General Secretary of the Chines Communist Party Xi Jinping | Facebook / Gov.cn
Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz) (left) and and General Secretary of the Chines Communist Party Xi Jinping | Facebook / Gov.cn
Almost 10,000 acres of farmland in Arizona is owned by Chinese interests.
That’s according to a review of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data by Grand Canyon Times.
More than 294,000 acres of Arizona agricultural land is foreign-owned, of which 9,892 acres are owned by Chinese interests, according to the USDA Farm Services Agency. That Chinese-owned land is concentrated in Maricopa and Pinal Counties.
Smithfield Foods, and a billionaire named Sun Guangxin, through Brazos Highland Properties LP and Harvest Texas LLC., own more than 80% of Chinese-owned land in the U.S., according to NPR reporting based on USDA data.
In total, Chinese interests own 383,935 acres of land across the U.S.
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Source: USDA (Detailed data for foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land through December 31, 2021)
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