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Bill Gates paid $171 million to buy 14,500 acres of farmland in Eastern Washington from John Hancock Life Insurance Company.

In this Land Report exclusive, Bill Gates is identified as America's largest farmlandowner with more than 242,000 acres in 17 states.

Idaho is on a 3-year win streak with the top wine at the Cascadia International, thanks to a Grenache by Veer Wine Project and Will Wetmore.

In this Land Report exclusive, Bill Gates is identified as America's largest farmland owner with more than 242,000 acres in 17 states.

  Call it a hunch, but the story did not jibe. I scanned the headline for the umpteenth time and then read and reread the pertinent details. Something was missing. Either that or I had a screw loose. According to the Tri-City Herald, a 14,500-acre swath of choice Eastern Washington farmland in the Horse Heaven Hills of Benton County had just traded hands for almost $171 million. That’s a ginormous deal, one that pencils out to almost $12,000 per acre for a whole lot of acres. Pretty pricey d...

Photo credit: Chesnot, Getty Images Call it a hunch, but the story did not jibe. I scanned the headline for the umpteenth time and then read and reread the pertinent details. Something was missing. Either that or I had a screw loose. According to the Tri-City Herald, a 14,500-acre swath of choice eastern Washington farmland in the Horse Heaven Hills of Benton County had just traded hands for almost $171 million. That’s a ginormous deal, one that pencils out to almost $12,000 per acre...

The co-founder of Microsoft and his wife make an auspicious debut on the 2020 LAND REPORT 100, as America's largest private farmland owners.