Overview

• Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins unveiled a seven-pillar plan banning farmland purchases by foreign adversaries, revoking bio-preferred certifications and canceling seven active agreements with entities from countries of concern.
• The USDA will conduct security risk assessments to strengthen agricultural supply chains, reduce reliance on adversarial sources for key inputs and bolster critical infrastructure resilience.
• The action plan will tighten nutrition aid integrity by disqualifying retailers involved in SNAP fraud and imposing stricter oversight to block criminal or terrorist financing.
• USDA will enhance biosecurity and research security by partnering with DARPA and other federal agencies to protect plant and animal health and safeguard agricultural R&D from foreign influence.
• The administration confirmed a no-amnesty stance on undocumented farmworkers, pledging strategic mass deportations while promoting automation and transitioning to a fully domestic workforce.