Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, on Feb. 11, announced a new cooperative effort to protect U.S. farmland and agricultural resources from foreign threats.
At a Wednesday press conference, Rollins and Hegseth noted a range of threats to U.S. agricultural security, including Chinese Communist Party-linked entities buying up farmland and Al Qaeda training manuals encouraging attacks on agriculture.
In light of these threats, Rollins and Hegseth signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, which would see the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborate on efforts to improve agricultural security.
One initial line of collaboration will see the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency coordinate with the USDA’s chief scientist to identify new threats to U.S. agriculture and develop technological solutions to address those threats….
Pentagon, USDA Announce Collaboration to Bolster Agricultural Security
