US Lawmakers Seek to Curb Chinese Farmland Purchases
Kirkwood, Ill. - The Midwestern state of Illinois is one of the top producers of corn and soybeans in the United States, and it's where Wendell Shauman farms land that his family has owned for several generations near the city of Galesburg.
While planting crops this spring, he's been worried about Chinese investors purchasing farmland like his.
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