House GOP Introduces 2026 Farm Bill Prioritizing Rural Economic Investment and National Agricultural Security

Foreign investors hold 45.85 million acres of U.S. farmland — 3.6% of all privately held agricultural land — but adversary nations account for 370,727 acres (0.03%)

76% of the 2018 Farm Bill's projected $428 billion in mandatory spending went to nutrition programs, primarily SNAP

41.7 million Americans receive SNAP benefits, and the federal government spent $100.3 billion on the program in fiscal year 2024

24 million Americans lack broadband at the FCC's current speed standard — 28% of rural residents and 23% on Tribal lands

76% of the growth in foreign-held U.S. farmland over the past 5 years came from renewable energy investments, mostly by allied nations