5,449 acres of county farmland across Bertie, Craven, Halifax, Hertford, Jones, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington counties is owned by Chinese interests.
That’s according to a review of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data by Local Newspaper.
More than 789,000 acres of North Carolina land is foreign-owned, of which 49,050 acres are owned by Chinese interests, according to the USDA Farm Services Agency.
Smithfield Foods, and a billionaire named Sun Guangxin, through Brazos Highland Properties LP and Harvest Texas LLC., own more than 80% of Chinese-owned land in the U.S., according to NPR reporting based on USDA data.
In total, Chinese interests own 383,935 acres of land across the U.S.
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Source: USDA (Detailed data for foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land through December 31, 2021)
