Bill Gates Is Now the Largest Farmland Owner in America

According to the Land Report, Bill Gates is now the largest farmland owner in America. While his top position as the richest man in the world has been taken by other tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, that hasn't stopped him from buying up over 242,000 acres of farmland across 19 states. Gates' largest farmlands are in Louisiana and Arkansas where he owns a combined total of 116,998 acres in those areas alone. His farmland purchases started as early as 2014 when he already had at l...