We really should have got some of our own damned oil somewhere else and never get involved in that part of the world.
WTF? The answer...if we had someone in the White Hut that had any sense...would be to sell the Saudis the finished product...meat, milk, whatever...not our land. WE can’t uy land here! Are we really just going to sit and watch while the Uniparty gives America away?
Mexico has the right idea on this. Don’t let foreigners own land in your country.
Why doesn’t Saudi Arabia just invest heavily in desalinization? They could then grow anything they wanted within 20 miles of the coast.
WOW - how many ‘speeches’ from Congressmen did they have to buy to get this favor?
They are shipping bales of hay? On land they purchased.
Makes much more sense to contract with 200 hay farmers in multiple locations to deliver x amount of hay each, and ship that.
Owning the land goes beyond just wanting hay, though.
Plenty of hay for sale in north central Texas. I have some that I can’t find a buyer for and a new cutting probably in 30 days. Wish they would just buy our hay, and not the land!
Given that oil is plentiful in SA, it surprises me that it’s cheaper to purchase the land, raise the crop, truck it to a port, load it, ship it thousands of miles, unload it, truck it to the farms rather than desalinating sea water and growing the crop there.
“Land, see snatch.”
I’m just surprised its Arizona, unless they really like being close to a desert. There are plenty of places they could have chosen for hay fields I would think would be more productive though. As far as them owning the land, who cares? they can’t take it with them, they will still be subject to every law in the books, they will have to pay taxes, pay farmers to do the fieldwork, who the hell cares if they shelled out the bucks so that they have control over what is grown. They probably did it because of some stupid muslim ancient bylaw that forbids their cows from eating grass touched by an infidel or something. Or maybe they are tired of getting moldy hay that was crap and just wanted a good quality control. Land for sustenance I’m okay with, but things like infrastructure and cutting edge technology is where I want the line drawn at.
They’ll replenish if you force recharge water into them under pressure...
K street Lobbyist have be busy while America is watching the circular firing squad and dancing the stars.
Maybe Congress can get busy doing something important like grilling Dr. Oz or debating light bulbs.
The land has water rights. Stupid bald governor of California keeps telling us to not water our lawns, take fewer showers, stop washing cars, etc. And now he’s allowing foreign governments to buy our water for next to nothing.
And I’ve been hearing that water utilities such as dams are being handed over to Indian Tribes. There are 566 tribes now recognized by the government (even the Chumash Indians, who have been extinct for thousands of years.) The budget for these tribes rival that of the DoD (a guestimate because no accounting has been done.) The tribes are in talks with Middle Easterners to begin moving Arabs into these reservations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njTQ9Mm06qE
Farm land of any size and kind should never be transferred to a non American individual, business, or country.
Normally I don’t question the Christian Science Monitor but this scenario is very unlikely. They may be buying up land to grow feed, but I don’t think it’s economically and environmentally sound to ship it 2000+ miles to feed cattle. If all they wanted was cattle feed there are lots of opportunities in Central and Southern Africa. Closer to home and easier to control.
Perhaps they’re going to raise some cattle here and export them to themselves.
Al Jazeera tried getting set up there,it had to close down after a few years.
Saudi Arabia would actually be at a serious disadvantage in California,whether they intend to play by the rules or not-they will still be paying the piper.
I am not saying they are going to get fleeced but investing in land in California,is a fairly risky venture at this moment.
Is this the same Saudi Arabia that wants to kill homosexuals? Are the liberals concerned about this?
Shipping hay to SA, my aunt fanny. They’re up to something with that land but it’s definitely not hay. They may plant it and ship it for a few years but I’m not buying this at all.
Hey Saudis, do not let your cows graze on government land or they may execute you and your cows! No, only American citizens have to worry about that.