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Foreign Holdings of U.S. Agricultural Land Through December 31, 2024

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  • Estep, Mary
  • Barnes, Tricia
  • Goings-Colwell, Cassandra
  • Murphy, Dena
  • Feather, Catherine
  • Gajnak, Tom
  • Miller, Noah

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Report Summary: Foreign investors held an interest in over 46 million acres of U.S. agricultural land (forest land and farmland) as of December 31, 2024. This is an increase of over 1.3 million acres from the December 31, 2024 report which reflected data as of December 31, 2023 and represents 3.6 percent of all privately held agricultural land in the United States. These and other findings are based on information submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in compliance with the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978. Forest land accounted for 47 percent of all reported foreign-held acreage, cropland for 29 percent, pasture and other agricultural land for 22 percent, and nonagricultural land for 2 percent. Foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land increased modestly from 2012 through 2017, increasing an average of 0.6 million acres per year. Since 2017, foreign holdings have increased an average of over 2.4 million acres annually, ranging from 1.3 million acres to nearly 3.4 million acres per year.

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  • Estep, Mary & Barnes, Tricia & Goings-Colwell, Cassandra & Murphy, Dena & Feather, Catherine & Gajnak, Tom & Miller, Noah, 2026. "Foreign Holdings of U.S. Agricultural Land Through December 31, 2024," USDA Miscellaneous 396222, United States Department of Agriculture.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:usdami:396222
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.396222
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