Posted 3/13/2024, 2:00:00 PM
House Agriculture Committee to Hold Hearing on China's Threats to U.S. Agriculture
- House Agriculture Committee planning oversight hearing on March 20th examining threats China poses to U.S. agriculture industry
- Hearing to cover China's growing ownership of U.S. farmland, intellectual property theft of patented seeds, and cyberattacks harming agriculture
- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to testify about bill she signed prohibiting China and other foreign entities from owning farmland
- U.S. Government Accountability Office report showed USDA failing to consistently share data on foreign investments in U.S. agriculture
- Chinese agricultural investments in U.S. increased 10-fold between 2009-2016; data since 2016 still unreleased