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Bill Gates made headlines for becoming the largest private farmland owner in the U.S. But he’s not the only one. Some of the wealthiest landowners including Jeff Bezos, John Malone and Thomas Peterffy are buying up forests, ranches and farmlands across the United States. Why? Watch the video to find out. Investments in farmland are growing across the country as people, including the ultra-wealthy like Bill Gates, look for new ways to grow their money. In 2020, Gates made headlines for becoming the largest private farmland owner in the U.S. He had accumulated more than 269,000 acres of farmland across 18 states in less than a decade. His farmland grows onions, carrots and even the potatoes that are used to make McDonald’s French fries. “It’s an asset with increasing value,” American Farmland Trust CEO John Piotti said. “It has great intrinsic value and beyond that, it is a limited resource.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 30% of all farmland is owned by landlords who don’t farm themselves. Buyers often purchase land from farmers who have owned it for decades; many of whom may be asset rich but maybe cash poor. “The economic realities for them are typical that they’ve spent their life farming,” said Holly Rippon-Butler, land campaign director at the National Young Farmers Coalition. “Their retirement, their equity is all in the land and tied up in selling land.” Private landowners are also making a profit by utilizing the land in numerous ways. Approximately 39% of the 911 million acres of farmland across the U.S. is rented out to farmers, and 80% of that rented farmland is owned by landlords who don’t farm themselves data from the Agriculture Department shows. “The young farmers are just as happy to lease the land because whether you are young or old, it’s a business, right?” said Thomas Petterfy, chairman of Interactive Brokers and owner of 581,000 acres. “You go buy a farm and you put that cash rental lease in place, you’re going to be looking at about 2.5% return on your capital,” Peoples Company President Steve Bruere said. » Subscribe to CNBC:

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0:00 Supporting documentary film through t-shirt sales, discussing agriculture and conservation, upcoming travel vlogs. 0:24 Exploring the relationship between agriculture and conservation 1:00 Texas Land Grab 1:20 Ringgold Reservoir Wichita Falls Texas 2:53 Various Texas stakeholders oppose permit recommendation for land acquisition 3:19 Concerns raised over using eminent domain for private property takeover 3:56 Residents fear water scarcity, supporting reservoir construction despite opposition 6:00 Controversy over potential land acquisition for water resources in Texas 6:46 Debate over using eminent domain to acquire private land for public use 8:58 Controversy over potential land grab in Texas for regional development plan. 9:14 Importance of balancing development goals with respect for private citizens 9:33 Wichita Falls' role in connecting Texas Mega region 11:37 Landowners facing unjustified land grabs for redevelopment projects in Mega regions. 12:06 Focus on profit over environment in redevelopment plans within Mega regions. 12:35 Ranchers' conservation efforts undervalued in the face of land consolidation. #texas

- I Hope This Makes The Idaho Water Shutoff To Farmers Real For People 🚨 Idaho is fining Farmers $300 PER ACRE for using water Farmers are already declaring bankruptcy Here are 2 farmers from eastern Idaho who have just received their water shutoff orders “We just got our curtailment letter from the Idaho Department of Water Resources and they're telling us we have to shut our eight wells off.” “Shut our water off?” — “They want us to shut our water off. — They want us to turn our wells off.” “The reservoirs are full, yet we're being told we cannot water 500,000 acres of crops” “Thing. If you decide that you're just gonna keep watering, they're going to fine you $300 per acre. Well, if you're just growing a crop like hay, it doesn't make $300 an acre. You're just gonna lose money on that.” “you look on the curtailment paper it's not just farmers it's commercial businesses.” Under a 1944 treaty, Mexico is required to send 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the US every five years from the Rio Grande, and the US to send 1.5 million acre-feet of water to Mexico from the Colorado River each year. One acre-foot is enough water to flood one acre of land a foot deep. It adds up to an enormous amount of water exchanged between the two countries: around 490 billion gallons from the US annually and 570 billion from Mexico each five year period. Mexico is falling far behind in its obligations, said Maria Elena Giner, the US commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, the bi-national body that oversees the treaty. “We’ve only gotten about a year’s worth of water and we’re already well into our fourth year,” she told CNN. The current cycle ends in October 2025. The Rio Grande — called the Río Bravo in Mexico — is one of North America’s longest rivers and flows roughly 1,900 miles from Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, weaving through three US and five Mexican states before ending its journey in the Gulf of Mexico. Years of over-extraction to serve farmers and booming populations, along with climate change-fueled heat and drought, have taken a toll. As heat drives snowpack loss in the mountains, the river’s flows are falling, said Alfonso Cortez Lara, a director at the College of the Northern Border. Roughly 200 miles of the Rio Grande, stretching from Fort Quitmen to Presidio, Texas, is known as the “forgotten reach,” where the riverbed is often bone-dry through the year. It is brought back to life further downstream by waters from the Rio Conchos in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, the Rio Grande’s largest tributary. Learn More:

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