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Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier

Denmark

Investors attributed to Denmark reported holding 2.2M acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 4.57% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 1,531 holdings.

Acres (2024)
2,157,538
Share of foreign-held
4.6%
Holdings
1,531
Held as ownership
65%

Fifteen-year trend

Reported Denmark holdings grew from 1.0M acres in 2010 to 2.2M in 2024. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.

YearReported acres
20242,157,538
20232,001,033
20221,599,596
2021856,474
2020805,154
2019800,254
2018744,686
2017717,992
2016714,354
2015714,559
2014731,965
2013731,965
2012886,087
2011999,197
20101,046,409

Where, and what kind of land

Largest states

Colorado261,621 ac
New York221,754 ac
Alabama183,271 ac
Kansas164,678 ac
Texas160,607 ac
Ohio142,739 ac
Oregon135,308 ac
Arkansas132,408 ac

Land use (acres)

Forest1.4M
Cropland366K
Pasture205K
Other agricultural132K
Non-agricultural30K

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.