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Left-Wing ‘Fact Check’ Says Bill Gates ‘Reportedly’ Owns More Farmland In U.S. Than Any Other Individual

The 'fact check' stressed that Gates' ownership 'represents less than 1% of all the farmland in the United States.'

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Left-Wing ‘Fact Check’ Says Bill Gates ‘Reportedly’ Owns More Farmland In U.S. Than Any Other Individual
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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.

Snopes last week rated a claim that Gates owns “the majority of U.S. farmland” as “false,” but admitted that the tech billionaire “does own a lot of farmland.”

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