Congressional investigators are demanding answers after discovering that a tax-exempt youth agriculture organization educating over one million American students has partnered with a Chinese Communist Party-controlled corporation while pushing woke DEI initiatives that threaten both national security and the group’s core mission. Congressional Leaders Launch National Security Investigation House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith and Rep. Tracey Mann, co-chair of the Congressional FFA Caucus, sent a formal letter to National FFA CEO Scott Stump demanding comprehensive documentation about the organization’s partnership with Syngenta Group. The lawmakers expressed alarm that a CCP-controlled entity has gained access to America’s future agricultural leaders through its relationship with the tax-exempt nonprofit. Smith emphasized that FFA’s vital mission of developing agricultural leadership among American youth must not be compromised by foreign influence or ideological distractions from its core purpose. CCP Military Company Controls Major FFA Partner Syngenta Group became wholly owned by ChemChina, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, in 2017, integrating the global agribusiness into the CCP’s military-civil fusion strategy. During President Trump’s first administration, ChemChina and its affiliate Sinochem were officially designated as Communist Chinese military companies due to national security concerns. The Biden administration removed these critical designations in 2021, though Syngenta was later redesignated amid growing awareness of CCP economic aggression in American agriculture. Multiple states have since forced Syngenta subsidiaries to divest U.S. farmland holdings based on espionage and national security risks. Dual Threats: Foreign Influence and Ideological Mission Drift The congressional investigation focuses on two parallel concerns undermining FFA’s tax-exempt status and educational mission. First, lawmakers are scrutinizing how Syngenta’s financial support may grant the CCP-controlled firm influence over FFA policies, leadership selections, and strategic direction affecting over one million students in thousands of chapters nationwide. Second, the probe examines whether FFA’s adoption of DEI programs diverts resources and attention from its core agricultural education mandate. The combination of foreign entanglement and woke ideology represents a fundamental departure from FFA’s 1928 founding purpose of developing practical farming skills and rural leadership among American youth. Agriculture Security Emerges as National Security Priority Congressional leaders frame the FFA investigation within broader concerns about CCP economic warfare targeting American food production and agricultural supply chains. Rep. John Moolenaar warned that Xi Jinping and the CCP pose direct threats to American farmers and U.S. food security through systematic efforts to dominate critical agricultural sectors. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins reinforced this perspective, declaring that farm security is national security. Recent reports document China’s aggressive takeover attempts of U.S. agricultural supply chains, including biotech intellectual property theft and strategic farmland acquisitions, making youth education organizations particularly vulnerable targets for long-term influence operations. Lawmakers probe National FFA over Chinese Communist Party ties and DEI programs https://t.co/IVYVR2YqOn via @foxnews — Chris (@Chris_1791) February 4, 2026 The investigation remains in early stages, with FFA directed to provide contracts, financial records, and documentation of Syngenta’s role in organizational governance and DEI program implementation. Lawmakers have signaled that potential violations of tax-exempt requirements could trigger broader oversight actions and policy reforms to protect American nonprofits from foreign manipulation. This probe establishes precedent for scrutinizing how adversarial nations exploit corporate partnerships to access and influence the next generation of American leaders in strategically vital sectors like agriculture and food production. Sources: Lawmakers probe National FFA over Chinese Communist Party ties and DEI programs – Fox News China: A National Security Threat to U.S. Agriculture – AgWeb AFPI Releases Groundbreaking Report on China’s Takeover of U.S. Agricultural Supply Chains – American Ag Network