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Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier

Mexico

Investors attributed to Mexico reported holding 695K acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 1.47% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 531 holdings.

Acres (2024)
694,706
Share of foreign-held
1.5%
Holdings
531
Held as ownership
80%

Fifteen-year trend

Reported Mexico holdings grew from 662K acres in 2010 to 695K in 2024, peaking at 695K in 2022. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.

YearReported acres
2024694,706
2023694,697
2022695,076
2021693,971
2020693,416
2019682,960
2018682,566
2017676,644
2016675,075
2015664,466
2014664,300
2013663,418
2012662,340
2011662,291
2010661,509

Where, and what kind of land

Largest states

New Mexico313,508 ac
Texas288,124 ac
Arizona51,408 ac
California6,609 ac
Montana5,003 ac
Tennessee4,693 ac
Kansas4,506 ac
Arkansas4,121 ac

Land use (acres)

Forest8K
Cropland51K
Pasture589K
Other agricultural36K
Non-agricultural11K

Aggregated from the USDA FSA AFIDA detailed holdings files (public domain) — see the full dataset, methodology, and the register's documented defects at Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland. Country is the reported first-tier investor, not a verified ultimate parent. Aggregate-level only; no record-level owner names. Keyless JSON for all countries: /foreign-farmland/index.json. CC0.