WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last Tuesday, July 8, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the next pillar of her Make Agriculture Great Again initiative: USDA's National Farm Security Action Plan. This historic plan elevates American agriculture as a key element of our nation's national security, addressing urgent threats from foreign adversaries and strengthening the resilience of our nation's food and agricultural systems.
"We feed the world. We lead the world. And we'll never let foreign adversaries control our land, our labs, or our livelihoods," said Secretary Rollins. "This Action Plan puts America's farmers, families, and future first - exactly where they belong. Under President Trump's leadership, American agriculture will be strong, secure, and resilient. He will never stop fighting for our farmers and our ranchers."
A Real Threat, a Real Response Recent events highlight the critical
need for this action. Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice
charged foreign nationals, including a Chinese Communist Party member, with smuggling a noxious fungus into the United States-a potential agroterrorism weapon responsible for billions in global crop losses. The scheme involved a U.S. research lab and highlighted a disturbing trend: America's enemies are playing the long game-infiltrating our research, buying up our farmland, stealing our technology, and launching cyberattacks on our food systems. These actions expose strategic vulnerabilities in America's food and agriculture supply chain.
Enough is enough.
Protecting the homeland begins with protecting our farmland and the National Farm Security Action Plan puts American farmers and ranchers first by safeguarding our food supply, strengthening critical infrastructure, and defending U.S. agricultural innovation from foreign adversaries.
A Comprehensive Action Plan for Agriculture Security The National Farm Security Action Plan takes aggressive action across seven critical areas.
1. Secure and Protect American Farmland Address U.S. foreign farmland ownership from adversaries head on. Total transparency. Tougher penalties.
2. Enhance Agricultural Supply Chain Resilience Refocus domestic investment into key manufacturing sectors and identify non-adversarial partners to work with when domestic production is not available. Plan for contingencies.
3. Protect U.S. Nutrition Safety Net from Fraud and Foreign Exploitation Billions have been stolen by foreign crime rings. That ends now.
4. Defend Agricultural Research and Innovation No more sweetheart deals or secret pacts with hostile nations. American ideas stay in America.
5. Put America First in Every USDA Program – From farm loans to food safety, every program will reflect the America First agenda.
6. Safeguard Plant and Animal Health Crack down on bio-threats before they ever reach our soil.
7. Protect Critical Infrastructure Farms, food, and supply chains are national security assets—and will be treated as such.
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen joined national and state leaders in Washington, D.C. for the national rollout of the Farm Security Action Plan.
“Farm security equals food security, which equals national security,” said Gov. Pillen. "Thanks to these actions taken by President Trump
and his team, we can further protect the backbone of Nebraska's economy from foreign adversaries like China." "Across the country, Chinese investors now control hundreds of thousands of acres of U.S. agricultural land, posing risks not just to local economies but to our food supply, water access, and national security.
This is a coordinated, strategic effort by the CCP to weaken America from within and use our land as a Trojan horse. Washington's past failures allowed this threat to metastasize. The previous administration was too compromised and entangled with CCP interests to act decisively. As a result, the American people paid the price. That era is over."
