Foreign adversaries are blocked from buying American farmland under an amendment added to the House-passed Farm Bill. The amendment, offered by Florida Republican Greg Steube, passed along a voice vote.
The USDA said it has fired 70 foreign contract researchers after a national security review intended to secure the U.S. food supply from adversaries including China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.
Tariffs and other trade issues were top of mind for cattle producers and other beef industry leaders during last week’s Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting in San Diego, CA.
Another Chinese national has tried to smuggle biological materials into the U.S. A Farm Journal report this week said the materials were related to roundworms and intended for studying at a University of Michigan laboratory.
This is the third Chinese national charged by the U.S. federal governme...