Some 37.6 million acres, or 2.9%, of agricultural land in the country is owned by foreign entities, with Canadian citizens and companies holding 12.8 million acres. China is 18th on the list of foreign ownership, between Sweden and Spain, with interests — ownership or long-term leases — on nearly 384,000 acres.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Farm20for20Sale20sign-1-c00d69e739e045a384a3253e029967e3.jpg) | | Foreign buyers pay a premium for U.S. farmland, says analyst | | Some 37.6 million acres, or 2.9%, of agricultural land in the country is owned by foreign entities, with Canadian citizens and companies holding 12.8 million acres. China is 18th on the list of foreign ownership, between Sweden and Spain, with interests — ownership or long-term leases — on nearly 384,000 acres. | | | Artificial intelligence takes on weeds | | Spot-spraying technology powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is making it possible for farmers to slash herbicide inputs. "We were able to save 86% of the product that we were typically spraying," says Laverne Gill of Medicine Hat, Alberta. "We used about 14% of what we would normally use to do a blanket spray." | | | USDA allows higher line speeds at six pork plants for at least 90 days | | The pork industry applauded the decision. It will prevent a slowdown in hog slaughter that would reduce pork supplies in the grocery store and lower prices paid to farmers for slaughter pigs, said the National Pork Producers Council. | | | | |
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