Senate-Elect Hopes To Prevent Foreign Missouri Farmland Ownership
December 28, 2022 5:31AM CST
FILE – Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz delivers opening remarks during the start of the annual legislative session on Wednesday, Jan, 5, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo. The Missouri Senate remained divided over a congressional redistricting plan Tuesday, Feb. 8 as a filibuster from conservatives pushing for an aggressively Republican map carried on through a second day and Democrats raised concerns that they were being treated unfairly. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)
(MISSOURINET) – Foreign ownership of Missouri farmland became an issue nearly 10 years ago when a Chinese corporation bought out Smithfield Foods, the largest pig and pork producer in the world. Senate-elect Rusty Black of Chillicothe (chill-uh-coth-EE) looks to get rid of the 1% total foreign ownership…
He has pre-filed a bill that intends on getting rid of the 1%, adding a foreign corporation should own 0% of land used for production in Missouri. Black says this is the third time he has pre-filed this bill in the Missouri State Legislature.
