WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
Following extensive advocacy (https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-protects-us-farmland-calls-for-modernization-for-farmers) from U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched a new online portal for reporting foreign-owned agricultural land transactions.
Ernst's FARMLAND Act (https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-stabenow-counter-chinese-acquisition-of-us-agricultural-land) called for the creation of a portal to modernize the existing Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act(AFIDA) reporting system, replacing an outdated and error-prone process that has left U.S. farmland vulnerable to...