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  • Louisiana lawmakers aim to curb farmland purchases by nation's enemies

    05/05/2023 6:32:56 AM PDT · by CFW · 3 replies
    Just the News ^ | 5/4/23 | Victor Skinner
    Foreign adversaries could be banned from owning or leasing agricultural lands in Louisiana under legislation approved in a House committee this week. House Bill 125, sponsored by Rep. Michael Echols, R-Monroe, is pending a floor vote in the House after members of the Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development Committee unanimously approved the measure on Wednesday. Similar legislation is pending in the Senate. "This bill is really centered around foreign adversaries who are coming to Louisiana, acquiring agricultural lands, acquiring lands near our military bases, and this is imposing more a national security threat than we have seen in many...