{"id":1463617,"date":"2022-05-04T11:29:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463617"},"modified":"2022-05-04T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:29:46","slug":"left-wing-fact-check-says-bill-gates-reportedly-owns-more-farmland-in-u-s-than-any-other-individual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-fact-check-says-bill-gates-reportedly-owns-more-farmland-in-u-s-than-any-other-individual\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-Wing \u2018Fact Check\u2019 Says Bill Gates \u2018Reportedly\u2019 Owns More Farmland In U.S. Than Any Other Individual"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleft-wing-fact-check-says-bill-gates-reportedly-owns-more-farmland-in-u-s-than-any-other-individual%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463617&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BillGates.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates reportedly owns more farmland in the U.S. than any other individual, according to Left-wing fact-checking site Snopes.<\/p>\n<p>Snopes last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/bill-gates-own-farmland\/\">rated<\/a> a claim that Gates owns \u201cthe majority of U.S. farmland\u201d as \u201cfalse,\u201d but admitted that the tech billionaire \u201cdoes own a lot of farmland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, he <a href=\"https:\/\/landreport.com\/2021\/01\/bill-gates-americas-top-farmland-owner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly owns more farmland<\/a> than any other individual in America,\u201d the fact-check said. \u201cAccording to 2021 article from the Land Report, a magazine about land ownership, Gates owns approximately 242,000 acres of farmland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this is certainly a lot of acreage, it represents less than 1% of all the farmland in the United States,\u201d the report emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnlo0222.pdf\">2021 report from the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Agriculture Statistics Service<\/a>, there are 895,300,000 acres of farmland in the United States. Gates\u2019 242,000 acres amounts to about 0.03% of the total,\u201d Snopes added.<\/p>\n<p>The Land Report <a href=\"https:\/\/landreport.com\/2021\/01\/bill-gates-americas-top-farmland-owner\/\">article<\/a> linked by Snopes emphasizes Gates\u2019 landholdings by naming his \u201calter ego\u201d \u201cFarmer Bill,\u00a0the guy who owns more farmland than anyone else in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gateses\u2019 largest single block of dirt was acquired in 2017: a group of farmland assets owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased in Toronto, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board began assembling an agricultural portfolio in 2013, when it acquired AgCoA, aka, Agricultural Company of America,\u201d Land Report explained. \u201cThis private US farmland REIT was a joint venture between Duquesne Capital Management and Goldman Sachs that launched in 2007. Over the next five years, AgCoA acquired more than 100,000 acres in nine states. By the time it was sold to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in 2013, AgCoA ranked as one of the leading institutional owners of row crop farmland in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet farmland assets aren\u2019t the sole component of the Gateses\u2019 landholdings,\u201d the report detailed. \u201cIn 2017, Cascade Investment bought a \u2018significant stake\u2019 in 24,800 acres of transitional land on the western edge of Phoenix, the most populous city in Arizona and the 10th largest metropolitan area in the country. \u2026\u00a0Cascade Investment doubled down on Phoenix transitional land two years later when it made a second major investment by acquiring more than 2,800 acres known as Spurlock Ranch in Buckeye for $25 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gates has recently become a prominent fixture in the media, mostly featured for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bill-gates-too-late-to-vaccinate-70-of-the-worlds-population-for-covid-19-by-who-target-date\">opinions<\/a> on pandemic-related activity, but also for his recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bill-gates-admits-he-caused-pain-to-wife-melinda-when-asked-if-he-cheated-on-her\">divorce<\/a> from ex-wife Melinda Gates and his apparent friendship with late convicted sex offender\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/melinda-gates-bills-work-with-abhorrent-jeffrey-epstein-played-role-in-divorce\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-calls-out-bill-gates-in-uncovered-text-messages-posts-side-by-side-photo-mocking-gates\">Elon Musk Calls Out Bill Gates In Uncovered Text Messages, Posts Side-By-Side Photo Mocking\u00a0Gates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ex-wife-melinda-breaks-silence-on-bill-gates-affair-in-tell-all-interview\">Ex-Wife Melinda Breaks Silence On Bill Gates\u2019 Affair In Tell-All\u00a0Interview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-bill-gates-secretly-partnered-with-china-and-sold-out-the-american-people\">How Bill Gates Secretly Partnered With China \u2014 And Sold Out The American\u00a0People<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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