The Trump administration on 8 July unveiled a National Farm Security Action Plan aimed at curbing foreign control of U.S. farmland. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Department of Agriculture will ban further purchases by Chinese nationals and other designated “foreign adversaries” and is drafting an executive order that could require divestment of land already in their hands. Rolled out with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, the seven-point plan instructs federal agencies to work with Congress and state governments to halt new sales, raise disclosure penalties and tighten scrutiny of land near sensitive military sites. It also reforms the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act and heightens oversight of research partnerships tied to adversarial nations. USDA figures show Chinese investors own more than 265,000 acres of U.S. farmland, including parcels close to at least 19 military bases. Calling the holdings “a massive national security issue,” Rollins said the department will remove about 700 foreign nationals from research contracts and sever ties with more than 550 entities from countries of concern. Lawmakers including Senators Rick Scott, Tom Cotton and Joni Ernst said they will introduce bills to make a permanent federal ban and authorise forced divestment where security risks are identified. The initiative builds on state-level restrictions adopted in Arkansas, Florida and other states amid escalating geopolitical tension with Beijing.