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More than 690 acres of farmland in Warren County owned by Chinese interests, USDA data shows

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Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), left, and Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Part | Governor.nc.gov / Gov.CN

Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), left, and Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Part | Governor.nc.gov / Gov.CN

699 acres of Warren County farmland 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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How much land is owned by Chinese interests in your county?

N.C. CountyAcres Owned by Chinese Interests
Anson615
Bertie267
Bladen9,390
Chatham9
Columbus579
Craven81
Cumberland435
Duplin5,714
Edgecomb183
Greene10
Halifax1,547
Harnett360
Hertford1,191
Hoke270
Johnston3
Jones2,159
Lenoir224
Martin86
Northhampton2,413
Pender1,303
Pitt66
Richmond124
Robeson4,965
Sampson12,122
Scotland4,033
Tyrrell100
Union94
Warren699
Washington18
Source: USDA (Detailed data for foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land through December 31, 2021)

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