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The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/blinkycosmocat on 2025-06-01 16:59:18+00:00.

Original Title: Who owns most of the farmland in Illinois? Not farmers, but investors that want their tenant farmers to grow conventional row crops instead of organic crops or fruits and vegetables, even as California’s agricultural sector is increasingly at risk.

Illinois doesn’t have laws restricting corporate ownership of farmland when its neighbors do. Despite this, Illinois is still one of the main pumpkin growing states and good peach orchards in southern IL.