Foreign interests keep buying US acreage with focus on Southwest

AGI-PULSE • July 26, 2022

Four of Maine’s northernmost counties — Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Somerset — contain the most foreign-owned land of any county in the U.S. Aroostook County alone holds more than 2 million acres of foreign-owned land and more than 1.9 million of those acres are forested. Penobscot, Piscataquis and Somerset counties follow, all holding a combined total of over 1.3 million acres of foreign-owned land, almost all of which is used for forestry. Nearly 82% of the foreign-owned land in Maine, which shares its northern border with Canada, belongs to Canadian investors.