"The rate of this increase has not been even. A large portion of the increase came from a single purchase in 2013, when the Chinese company WH Group bought Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the U.S."

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"The rate of this increase has not been even. A large portion of the increase came from a single purchase in 2013, when the Chinese company WH Group bought Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the U.S."

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Christina Van Waasbergen

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The Hill

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https://thehill.com/business/4016740-how-us-farmland-became-a-battleground-in-the-fight-against-china/

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A significant increase in Chinese acquisition of U.S. farmland stemmed from a single purchase in 2013 when a Chinese company acquired Smithfield Foods

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