How many of the folks finding themselves here are wondering why this is on A Crooked Path? How many of the folks here now are aware of the degree of foreign infiltration of American farmland has occurred? Are you paying attention? Do you care? Do you realize why this is so important? Do you know which nation has bought up so much American farmland? The countries that were permitted to do this under EVERY past administration and Congress?

Just how much of a problem this has become? The threat it imposes?

This is something every person, and, yes, every professed disciple of the LORD Jesus Christ ought to be aware of. Where is the stewardship of what we have been blessed with by God? Always leaving everything up to others.

Is that according to Scripture?

Have you read the parables of the talents, of the lamps with oil and those without, or being a good steward, of being lazy and not tending to the vineyard, the land, the blessings given by God?

I don’t recall reading anywhere in the Holy Bible that we’re to sit back and leave things up to other people, that we’re not to be paying keen attention to what is going on in our world around us. To leave the important matters up to others, to place our trust in the hearts, minds, and deeds of men.

Evil is running amok. In America. Farms and farmers, farmland is but one of the many areas where evil is working mightily. Yes, evil. Not politics. Not mere economic factors. Farmland and farmers, ranchers are under severe threat.

It’s where FOOD comes from! Unless you don’t care that Communist China will be your food provider, or other nations.

FINALLY, we the people have an administration — although they dropped the ball during their first go of things — finally, we have an administration and a cabinet unlike any other in my lifetime. That’s a while.

I cannot recall cabinet members who ACTUALLY DID ANYTHING, at least constructive, beneficial things as opposed to the usual destructive nature of most given a position, and ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WORKED TOGETHER and GOT THINGS DONE. Imagine that? Actually working together and getting things done. Good things.

I cannot recall a cabinet like this.

Can you?

Thank the LORD, and pray for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in their joint efforts in this great matter.

Pray for them more than one quick rote prayer.

Pray for the president to be guided by the Spirit of God, the Word of God, and for every cabinet member, every ambassador, every person who comes and goes, who works within the West Wing to be guided in what they do by the Spirit of God.

America needs such a thing to occur.

Prayers matter. They are heard.

Don’t let the communication between heaven and earth be sporadic, interrupted, or silent.

And, yes, everything — EVERYTHING — is either of only two options, two places, two kinds when it comes down to it, and all the noise, the distractions, the dung has been scraped away, and the truth, reality is seen.

It’s all, everything is either of God and His rightness, His ways, His people, His Word, His righteousness, or it is of Satan and his darkness, his rebellion, his confusion, his noise, his lies and distractions, his destruction and wickedness.

There is no neutral space. It all comes down to one of only two paths to walk. Straddling a fence only gives one splinters and blisters, and they’re destined to fall. Gray areas are the creation of men and women, of Satan — not God.

Read on…

Ken Pullen, Thursday, July 10th, 2025

Farm Security is National Security: The Trump Administration Takes Bold Action to Elevate American Agriculture in National Security

(Washington, D.C., July 8, 2025) — Today, 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.

Read the full plan (PDF, 1.1 MB)

A United Front Against Foreign Threats

This National Farm Security Action Plan will serve as the launch point for USDA to work in further unison with governors, state legislators, and federal partners to further integrate agriculture into the broader national security efforts over the coming months and years reaffirming the critical nature of agriculture and the need for a cross governmental approach. Defending access to American abundance and preserving the American experiment is the essence of agriculture security – and it is why farm security is national security.

“Foreign ownership of land near strategic bases and US military installations poses a serious threat to our national security. The Farm Security Plan will put America First and keep our bases across the homeland secure,” said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

“Farm security is national security. The Department of Justice will continue working to prosecute those who threaten American agriculture, investigate cases of potential agro-terrorism, and protect America’s farmers from illegal threats at home and abroad,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“Food policy is national security policy. A country who cannot feed itself, cannot take care of itself, and cannot provide for itself is not secure. We have to be able to feed ourselves to make sure that no other country ever controls us…We will never let any other country control our food supply or control our people because we will always be the great United States of America,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

“Arkansas led the nation in kicking Communist China off our farmland and out of our state because we understand that farm security is national security,” said Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “I applaud President Trump and Secretary Rollins for putting America first with this bold USDA Action Plan to protect our food supply, our economy, and our freedom.”

“Tennesseans know that our farmland is our national security, our economic future, and our children’s heritage. The National Farm Security Action Plan puts America First by defending our farmland from foreign adversaries and protecting our food supply, and I thank the Trump Administration for its bold leadership,” said Tennessee Governor Bill Lee.

“Farm Security = Food Security = National Security. 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. Homeland security starts at home, and we will continue to do our part in Nebraska,” said Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen.

“Foreign adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are trying to get their foot in the door by buying up our farmland,” said Senator Tommy Tuberville. “In my state of Alabama, we have the fourth-highest amount of foreign-owned land in the U.S. with 2.2 million acres. Not only is this dangerous for our farmers, but it’s disastrous for our national security. Thankfully, the Trump administration is taking action to secure our farmland and keep us safe from bad foreign actors.”

“Farm security is national security, and it is imperative that we start recognizing this before it is too late,” said Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. “President Trump understands this, and I applaud the work his administration has done to partner with Kansas agriculture and the biodefense industry to ensure that plant and animal diseases do not compromise our food supply.”

“President Trump is using every tool at his disposal to keep our nation safe, and that includes securing our food supply. This historic USDA effort reflects his clear understanding that food security is national security, and under his leadership, America’s farmers and families are safer and stronger,” said House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson.

“Under Governor Sanders’ leadership, Arkansas was the first state in the country to kick China off our farmland. Thank you President Trump, Secretary Rollins, and Secretary Hegseth for what you are doing to stop our adversaries from destroying our country and for protecting the way of life that provides the food, fiber, fuel, and shelter that we all depend on every single day,” said Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward.

“Agriculture is national security, period. A nation that cannot feed itself, cannot defend itself, and I’m excited to work together with Sec. Rollins and Sec. Hegseth to champion policies that will strengthen US farm security and protect our nation’s farmers, farmland, and food supply,” said Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler J Harper.

“I am grateful for Secretary Brooke Rollins’ bold leadership in advancing USDA’s Ag Security Agenda, which prioritizes safeguarding American agriculture and farmland from those who seek to undermine our nation’s food and energy security. Iowa’s multi-generation family farms are the backbone of our state’s economy and way of life. For decades, Iowa has banned the foreign ownership of farmland, a law we strengthened in 2024, to preserve our agricultural integrity and security while balancing the need for foreign business investment in our state. I fully support Secretary Rollins’ and the Trump Administration’s efforts to bolster enforcement, increase reporting, and enhance transparency of land ownership laws at the national level to guarantee that our American farmland remains in the hands of Americans,” said Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig.

“The USDA’s leadership in developing this comprehensive Plan shows a clear commitment to putting American farmers and ranchers first,” said Commissioner Shell. “Protecting our farmland and food systems from foreign influence and biosecurity threats is critical not only to our agricultural economy but to the national security of the United States. I’m proud to join colleagues from across the nation in supporting this important work,” said Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell.

“Agriculture is truly the backbone of our nation, and protecting the U.S. now and into the future means protecting our food supply. I applaud the foresight and leadership of Secretary Rollins and her colleagues to defend and strengthen American agriculture. I look forward to supporting these efforts on behalf of our Oklahoma farmers and ranchers and all Americans who count on the safe, reliable, and nutritious food we produce in the United States,” said Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur.

Secretary Rollins Continues Effort to Strengthen National Security by Defending Farm Security

(Washington, D.C., July 10, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced continued actions to protect American agriculture. This follows yesterday’s announcement of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Farm Security Action Plan.  

As part of this latest suite of actions, Secretary Rollins released a Foreign Farm Land Purchases map that is searchable by country, launched a new web portal to report violations of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding related to the implementation of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CIFIUS), and reminded State agencies of requirements to share data, ensuring illegal aliens do not receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. 

“Gone are the days of foreign adversaries taking advantage of our farmland, farmers, and programs paid for by American taxpayers. The National Farm Security Action Plan was a first step by USDA to defend the homeland. Our work is far from done. We will continue to restore farm security and expose the extent to which our adversaries have targeted American agriculture,” said Secretary Rollins.  

The Foreign Farm Land Purchases webpage indicates which countries own land in the United States. It is tracked by which county the land is located in, not geographic boundaries of the land. USDA will work on continuous improvements to make the data more real time and more exact over the coming weeks and months.   

The new reporting portal will receive and review claims of adversarial foreign influence on federal, state, and local policymakers with respect to purchases of U.S. farmland and business dealings in other facets of U.S. agricultural supply chains. This has taken place previously across various bodies of government. Submissions may be accepted anonymously or contact information may be provided for appropriate follow-up by USDA. 

Secretary Rollins also signed a memorandum of understanding between USDA and the U.S. Department of the Treasury for partnership in the implementation of CFIUS. View the full memo (PDF, 164 KB). This puts the Secretary of Agriculture at the CFIUS table in cases concerning transactions involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry including agricultural transportation, agricultural storage, and agricultural processing. This is a huge step forward to ensure agriculture gets the voice it deserves.  

In response to the national security crisis caused by the Biden Administration’s open border policies, Secretary Rollins directed the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to ensure illegal aliens do not receive SNAP benefits. The Department has worked diligently to not only inform States of the laws but also make certain that come July 23, 2025, all SNAP participant data is shared with USDA for point-in-time analyses and fraud and waste detection.