Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier
United Kingdom
Investors attributed to United Kingdom reported holding 2.7M acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 5.65% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 3,088 holdings.
- Acres (2024)
- 2,668,327
- Share of foreign-held
- 5.7%
- Holdings
- 3,088
- Held as ownership
- 59%
Fifteen-year trend
Reported United Kingdom holdings grew from 1.5M acres in 2010 to 2.7M in 2024. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.
| Year | Reported acres |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,668,327 |
| 2023 | 2,622,855 |
| 2022 | 2,551,250 |
| 2021 | 2,537,898 |
| 2020 | 2,329,952 |
| 2019 | 2,173,814 |
| 2018 | 1,732,452 |
| 2017 | 1,706,626 |
| 2016 | 1,712,639 |
| 2015 | 1,700,072 |
| 2014 | 1,700,572 |
| 2013 | 1,655,849 |
| 2012 | 1,666,843 |
| 2011 | 1,644,940 |
| 2010 | 1,474,630 |
Where, and what kind of land
Largest states
Land use (acres)
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.