{"id":1774477,"date":"2022-12-14T06:11:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774477"},"modified":"2022-12-14T07:03:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T12:03:57","slug":"south-dakota-gov-noem-calls-for-crackdown-on-chinese-farmland-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-gov-noem-calls-for-crackdown-on-chinese-farmland-purchases\/","title":{"rendered":"South Dakota Gov. Noem Calls for Crackdown on Chinese Farmland Purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-dakota-gov-noem-calls-for-crackdown-on-chinese-farmland-purchases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774477&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Lincoln Network Senior Fellow Geoffrey Cain argues China buying farmland near U.S. military bases should \u2018raise major alarm bells\u2019 with the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/south-dakota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem<\/a> on Tuesday announced new legislation to crack down on foreign purchases of agricultural land in her state. The bill comes as the governor has aggressively moved to counter China, which she has called, &#8220;the greatest threat to the U.S.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kristi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noem&#8217;s proposed legislation<\/a> would create a new board, called the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States \u2013 South Dakota (CFIUS-SD),\u00a0which will review proposed purchases of farmland by foreign investors. After an investigation, the committee will make a recommendation to the governor on whether the purchase should be approved or denied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With this new process, we will be able to prevent nations who hate us \u2013 like Communist China \u2013 from buying up our state\u2019s agriculture land,&#8221; Noem said in a statement. &#8220;We cannot allow the Chinese Communist Party to continue to buy up our nation\u2019s food supply, so South Dakota will lead the charge on this vital national security issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noem and others have raised concerns over Chinese purchases of U.S. farmland, which they say could give the hostile foreign power greater control over the food supply. Fifty-one Republican lawmakers sent a letter to three of President Biden&#8217;s cabinet secretaries in September warning of the &#8220;alarming development&#8221; for U.S. National Security after a Chinese Communist Party-linked company bought land near North Dakota&#8217;s Grand Forks Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-sound-alarm-chinese-governmentt-linked-farmland-purchase-north-dakota-air-base\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>REPUBLICANS SOUND ALARM OVER CHINESE GOVERNMENT-LINKED FARMLAND PURCHASE NEAR NORTH DAKOTA AIR BASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/931\/523\/kristi-noem-governor-south-dakota.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the National Rifle Association annual convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center on May 27, 2022, in Houston.<\/span><span> (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that Chinese ownership of U.S. agriculture land has grown from $81 million in 2010 to $1.8 billion in 2020, the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-chinese-are-buying-the-farm-north-dakota-hong-kong-land-food-shortage-supply-chain-usda-11662666515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported in September<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proposed South Dakota board would consist of the governor\u2019s general counsel, who would serve as the chairman, the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the director of the South Dakota Office of Homeland Security. The board would also have two appointed members, one who would be an agricultural industry expert and the other who would be a national security or foreign policy expert, according to the governor&#8217;s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/chinese-propaganda-arm-stealthily-using-tiktok-bash-mostly-republicans-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018CHINESE PROPAGANDA ARM\u2019 STEALTHILY USING TIKTOK TO BASH \u2018MOSTLY REPUBLICANS\u2019: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/931\/523\/south-dakota-hay-bales-farm-land.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Farmland in Buffalo Gap, South Dakota\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>South Dakota farmland.<\/span><span> (Education Images\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The committee would be empowered to review any transaction of any number of acres involving a &#8220;foreign entity,&#8221; \u2013 including agricultural land transfers, purchases, grants, devises, descents, or inheritances. Leases of farm land to a foreign entity and other transactions would also fall under the jurisdiction of the board, should the bill become law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Current South Dakota law limits foreign ownership of farm land to 160 acres.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/china-us-chip-battle-heats-up-beijing-prepares-spend-143b-boost-manufacturing-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CHINA-US CHIP BATTLE HEATS UP AS BEIJING PREPARES TO SPEND $143b TO BOOST MANUFACTURING: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers sponsoring the legislation said it was necessary to secure U.S. national and food security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For those of us who have lived and worked on the land, we know that it\u2019s our past, but also our future,&#8221; said state Sen. Erin Tobin. &#8220;We grow the world\u2019s food, and we need to protect the security of that food supply for our kids.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/931\/523\/2wheat-3-15-22.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"wheat crop\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Crop scouts survey drought-stressed spring wheat near Grandin, North Dakota, July 29, 2021.<\/span><span> (REUTERS\/Karl Plume\/File Photo \/ Reuters Photos)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;With vital national security resources like Ellsworth Air Force Base, we cannot afford for our enemies to purchase land in South Dakota,&#8221; added state Rep.-elect<strong> <\/strong>Gary Cammack. &#8220;We want to keep this land in the hands of South Dakota agriculture producers. I look forward to working with Governor Noem and my colleagues to guarantee the continued security of our state and nation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new bill is the third anti-China action taken by Noem in recent weeks as she has sought to draw a contrast the Biden adminstration&#8217;s approach to China and her own policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, the governor issued an executive order prohibiting state agencies or those who contract with them from accessing the China-owned social media app TikTok, accusing the Chinese Communist Party of using the app to collect data from users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Noem instructed state agencies to begin an immediate review of all state investments, looking for taxpayer dollars being sent to companies with ties to China.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lincoln Network Senior Fellow Geoffrey Cain argues China buying farmland near U.S. military bases should \u2018raise major alarm bells\u2019 with the Biden administration. 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