If you think farmland is cheap, try buying some. Fertile soil and geographic positioning near resources make the finite quality of good farmland apparent on the local and global scale.
Bill Gates owns a ton of farmland. If you’ve been on any of the bot-infested social media platforms over the past few years, you might think he’s buying up every last inch of soil underneath your dinner plate. Good news: he’s decided to leave some for the rest of us.
How much farmland does Bill Gates own?
270,000 acres.
How much farmland exists in The United States?
900,000,000 acres.
What percentage of US farmland does Bill Gates own?
0.03% of all US farmland is owned by Bill Gates.
Who owns the most farmland in the USA?
There are landowners in the United States who hold much more land than Bill Gates. Here are a few:
- The Emerson Family owns 2,330,000 acres, mostly for timberland.
- Ted Turner owns 1,910,585 acres for working ranches, hunting, fishing, and tourism.
- John Malone owns 2,200,000 acres for conservation and recreation.
- The Simplot Family owns 443,091 acres of farmland as McDonald’s first supplier of frozen french fries.
- Jeff Bezos owns 420,000 acres in west Texas for launching rockets.
Madison Trust: Who Owns the Most Land in the United States?
LandReport: Farmer Bill Gates
