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Bill Gates Harvests $113 Million In Nebraska Farmland, Takes Out $700 Million In Loans Over the past six years, billionaire Bill Gates has spent more than $113 million purchasing Nebraska farmland and has taken out two loans totaling $700 million against it. Gates owns about 20,000 acres of farmland in Nebraska, where longtime friend and […]
By P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA (Reuters) – Dave Duttlinger’s first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I warned them this would happen. About 445 acres of his fields near Wheatfield, Indiana, are covered in solar panels and related machinery […]
Lexington County is losing its farmland faster than anywhere else in South Carolina, and a new study suggests additional protections might be needed to safeguard the county’s agricultural land amid already spirited debate over rapid growth and development in the area. The pilot study looking at Lexington was part of American Farmland Trust’s Palmetto 2040 […]
A rapeseed field begins to bloom. Jan Woitas/dpa Rental prices for agricultural land in Germany have risen significantly in recent years, reaching an average cost per hectare last year of €357 ($381), according to government figures released on Friday. Last year’s average rents are a 9% increase over 2020, when rent for a hectare stood […]
In a significant escalation of its retaliatory measures against “unfriendly” states amid heightened geopolitical tensions, Russia has seized assets of the agricultural holdings company AgroTerra Group. The move, announced on April 8, 2024, has sent shockwaves through the agricultural sector and raised concerns over food security and international trade relations. President Vladimir Putin’s decree places […]
While he’s now known as one of the most successful investors of all time, Warren Buffett showed his entrepreneurial spirit and ability to hustle from a young age. Buffett’s critically acclaimed 2008 biography “The Snowball” by author Alice Schroeder provides an in-depth look into the billionaire’s drive and money-making mindset that manifested itself before he […]
ZEELAND TWP — A pair of farms in Zeeland Township have taken steps to permanently protect the future of their land use. The farms of Holstege and Jongekrijg will now “be used to produce local food and preserve rural character in perpetuity” after selling development rights to Ottawa County through the Farmland Preservation Program. By […]
For a time last year, it was difficult to drive through a large swath of central California without running into the new shoreline of a long dormant lake. Related: Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how Resurrected for the first time in decades by an epic deluge of winter rain and snow, […]
Bill Gates is the largest private owner of farmland in the United States, with a portfolio of nearly 250,000 acres according to The Land Report. When asked why he’s been purchasing so much farmland in an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit, Gates responded, “I own less than 1/4000 of the farmland in the US. […]
Feb. 28—The Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust finalized a conservation easement last month that will permanently protect 952 acres in Yuba County, officials said Wednesday. On Jan. 18, the trust finalized a conservation easement on the Magnolia Ranch property, which will now protect a rice farm from any future development. “In 2019 the landowners initiated […]
Jan. 19—The Creston area stands as a testament to the Flathead Valley’s multigenerational farmers, where acres of farmland with productive soils have mostly withstood recent change. This week, more of that land was conserved in perpetuity after Charles and Renate Jaquette placed their 497-acre farm under a conservation easement with the Flathead Land Trust. “We […]