Last year, State Senator Sally Turner introduced legislation that would keep American adversaries from purchasing Illinois farm ground.

Sen. Turner is hoping that legislation picks up some steam in 2024 as she's planning to re-introduce it in the spring legislative cycle.

The Lincoln Republican feels the language in the bill is bipartisan and hopes to see this move forward this year.

Sen. Turner says they are seeing a lot of farmland bought up to set up solar farms and it is not uncommon for it to be developed by a Chinese company. She believes we need to protect ourselves from foreign entities from driving up prices.