NBA Star Kyrie Irving Says 'That's Weird' Bill Gates Owns 'Majority of Water in United States' and So Much Farmland —'Whatever. To Each His Own'

The country has nearly 900 million acres of farmland overall . Gates' share comes out to about 0.03%, or roughly 1 acre out of every 4000. Other landowners control far more total acreage.The most recent snapshot comes from the 2026 Land Report 100 . Gates holds about 275,000 acres in total, including roughly 242,000 to 248,000 acres of farmland spread across 17 states. That makes him the largest private farmland owner in the U.S., but the scale matters.Gates has addressed those questions directly . "I own l ...