Countries Who Own The Most Acres U.S. Agricultural Land

in #news8 months ago

"Canada (12,845,000 acres)
Netherlands (4,875,000)
Italy (2,703,000)
United Kingdom (2,538,000)
Germany (2,269,000)
Portugal (1,483,000)
France (1,316,000)
Denmark (856,000)
Luxembourg (802,000)
Ireland (760,000)
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Bill Gates owns almost as much U.S. agricultural land as China at 248,000 acres, according to The Land Report. Though the magazine named him the largest private farmland owner in January 2021, the Microsoft founder came under fire in early 2022 when he was briefly barred from purchasing 2,100 acres of North Dakota farmland. Conspiracy theorists suggested Gates was buying up millions of acres of U.S. farmland for nefarious reasons, according to the fact-checking service Snopes, with some claiming that Gates owned 80% of all U.S. farmland. Gates continues to deny any plot, telling Reddit users in January that he owns less than one four-thousandths of U.S. farmland and invests in farms to improve their production and create jobs."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywashburn/2023/03/01/how-much-us-farmland-does-china-really-own-more-than-bill-gates-and-less-than-17-other-countries/?sh=581f2c71421f

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