Waiting for Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Berrien to walk back his nincompoop claim that China is a major landowner in Wisconsin

 

Pie charts:  Capital Times, 3/7/2025

Wisconsin Public Radio, 7/10/2024

Trevor Hook reports:

As an overview, foreign persons or companies hold about 43 million acres of U.S. agricultural land as of 2022. And it’s about 3.4 percent of all privately held agricultural land. As you mentioned, the attention is on adversary countries: China, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba and Iran. With increasing attention on China. 

China actually is not one of the dominant players in this space. Canada owns and leases about 12 million acres of U.S. land. China’s total holding across the entire United States is about 350,000 acres.

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