Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a Memorandum of Understanding (PDF, 92.7 KB) (MOU) that memorializes the relationship between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of War (DoW) for the purpose of implementing the National Farm Security Action Plan (PDF, 1.2 MB)—an initiative that has delivered measurable results in just seven months.
In July 2025, Secretary Rollins—alongside Secretary Hegseth, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem—launched the National Farm Security Action Plan, elevating American agriculture as a key element of national security for the first time in history.
Since that time, USDA has taken decisive action to secure farmland, protect critical supply chains, defend nutrition programs from fraud and foreign influence, strengthen research security, and ensure America First policies across USDA programs. These actions include:
- Publishing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on modernizing reporting requirements of foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA);
- Developing an online filing system for enhanced AFIDA reports to provide an alternative to the in-person filing of paper reports;
- Launching an online portal for farmers, ranchers, and the public to report possible false or failed reporting of foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land;
- Working across the federal government to designate critical fertilizer inputs as critical minerals;
- Terminating contractors and visiting scientists who have citizenship from countries of concern;
- Developing new research and development priorities that emphasize the importance of safeguarding American agriculture;
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