The agriculture secretary announced a plan to limit Chinese and foreign purchases of farmland as part of its national security strategy.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said U.S. agriculture is "under threat from criminals, from political adversaries, and from hostile regimes."

Top officials said the Trump administration will use executive action and work with state officials to ban sales of farmland nationwide to buyers tied to China and other foreign adversaries.

The multi-agency effort, announced by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, will strengthen US agricultural research and safeguard it from malign foreign influence, intellectual property theft,

The USDA’s plan to limit foreign, especially Chinese, ownership of U.S. farmland raises national security concerns and sparks diplomatic tensions, with potential impacts on agriculture and global relations.