Kristi Noem warns ‘enemy among’ US landowners

Published March 24, 2024 6:02pm ET



Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) expressed her desire that the rest of the United States follow in South Dakota’s footsteps and ban foreign countries from buying land for agricultural use.

Noem appeared on Sunday Morning Futures to issue her rallying cry that more states adopt the ban she signed into law last month. In South Dakota, it was previously against the law that any foreign entity to own over 160 acres, but this newest restriction outright bans buyers from China, Iran, Cuba, Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea. All current foreign owners from any other country have three years to transfer their agricultural land or become legal U.S. residents to keep it.

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