06/16/2026
π¨ **THE "SMITHFIELD SHIELD" β CLINTON'S CHINA PROBLEM NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT** π¨
Quick civics quiz for Sampson County: π
Out of 39 properties in North Carolina owned by entities our own lawmakers classify as "adversarial" foreign powers how many belong to **Smithfield Foods**, the Chinese-owned pork giant operating in our backyard?
**36 of 39.** π¨π³π·
Per Carolina Journal this month, there are 39 properties currently registered with the USDA in the state that adversaries own, and 36 of them are owned by Smithfield Foods [Carolina Journal](https://www.carolinajournal.com/nc-house-committee-votes-to-ban-foreign-land-ownership/) .
And the NC "China farmland ban" everyone's been cheering for in Raleigh? All current landholdings would be grandfathered in if the bill becomes law [WRAL.com](https://www.wral.com/story/bills-would-ban-sale-of-nc-military-farming-land-to-us-adversaries/21948875/) . π³
Translation: the law lets the **actual** Chinese landholder keep everything they already have. The "ban" is aimed at hypothetical future buyers. Not the company already pumping millions of tons of hog waste [Georgetown Law](https://www.law.georgetown.edu/environmental-law-review/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2022/11/GT-GELR220016.pdf) a year into Sampson and Duplin lagoons.
Meanwhile, the parent company β Hong Kong-based WH Group, financed in 2013 by a $4 billion loan from China's state-owned central bank, which its annual report called a "social responsibility" [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/why-is-china-treating-north-carolina-like-the-developing-world-122892/) β just collected its share of Smithfield's record $1.3 billion profit for 2025 [Smithfield Times](https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/news/one-year-after-ipo-smithfield-foods-reports-13b-profit-for-2025-1a05c9e8) .
Profits to Hong Kong. βοΈ
Waste to Sampson County. πͺ£
Patriotic floor speeches in Raleigh. π€
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π *Sources: Carolina Journal, WRAL, Smithfield Times, SEC filings, Reveal/CIR*