Lawmaker Pre-Files Bill To Prevent Foreign Ownership Of Missouri Farmland
December 19, 2022 5:37AM CST
FILE – In this Monday, April 27, 2020, file photo, state Rep. Herman Morse, R-Dexter, wears a protective mask as he sits at his desk in the House chamber in Jefferson City, Mo. Missouri lawmakers on Thursday, May 14 passed a bill to ban the state from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
(MISSOURINET) – One Missouri lawmaker is looking to prevent foreign ownership of farmland. This after lawmakers voted nearly ten years ago to allow up to 1% ownership. Senate-elect Rusty Black of Chillicothe says…
Following that 2013 vote, a Chinese company purchased Smithfield Foods, the largest pig and pork producer in the world. Black says Missouri doesn’t want world agricultural research and firms being a part of the Missouri environment.
