“I think this is weird,” Kiri Irving claims that Bill Gates owns the greater part of the land and water in the United States, originally appeared on the basketball network.
Dallas Maverix’s All-Star Guard Kiri Irving was a very busy man hosting Twitch streams late. Ever since injured, Irving has been using the platform to talk about his thoughts on different topics and problems.
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In recent weeks, Irving has made interesting comments about his term in Brooklyn, his relationship with Kevin Durant and James Harden, the disrespect for Kobi Bryant in the ranking and Stephen A. Smith does not deserve his $ 100 million contract from ESPN.
Most recently, he revealed that Luka Doncic once dropped 24 points in 3 minutes against Grant Williams in practice.
Now, in a full 180, Irving claims that Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates has the greater part of the earth and water in the United States.
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“I still think it’s weird that the Gates family, Bill Gates, owns a lot on the ground in North Dakota. I think it’s weird. He owns the bigger part of the water in the United States, I think it’s weird. Whatever it is. said Irving.
Gates is the largest private owner of the agricultural land in the US
It is unclear what the full context of Irving’s statement is, because this 30-second video is the only one to go around the Internet. But as far as his claim that Gates owns a lot of land in North Dakota, this is true because in 2022 Potato manufacturer Campbell Farms of North Dakota sold $ 2,100 acres of agricultural land for $ 13.5 million to a company called Red River Trust, which has Gates.
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The deal became the subject of a dispute, but the Gates company provided legal approval.
As of July 2024, Gates was considered the largest private owner of agricultural land in the United States with 275,000 acres of property in more than a dozen countries in the United States, not just North Dakota. These properties on the land are used for growing agricultural products such as potatoes, carrots, soy and corn.
Meanwhile, the author Seamus Bruner provided the probable explanation of why Kyrie said Bill also possessed the greater part of the water in the United States
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“When Gates buys tens of thousands of acres, he not only buys land – he also buys the rights to the water underground. In addition to farms (and irrigation) and fertilizers, Gates sought considerable interests in water and water – a decisive component when he seeks to control the agricultural industry,” “ Bruner scored in 2023.
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But Bill does not control the agricultural land in the US
However, while Gates is the largest owner of private agricultural land in the country, its percentage of ownership of common agricultural land in the United States is only 0.03 percent of the total 876.5 acres by 2024, three years ago, Gates also explained why he recently accumulated agricultural land.
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“I own less than 1/4000 of the agricultural lands in the United States that I have invested in these farms to make them more productive and to create more jobs. There is no big scheme -in fact all these decisions are made by a professional investment team,” “ he said.
To be clear, Irving said he only mentioned what was said only for informative purposes. But if he was trying to get something, saying it was strange, all Gates transactions were legal, unless you want to come up with a conspiracy theory.
But Kiri left it on it, so let us.
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This story was originally reported by the basketball network on July 29, 2025, where it first appeared.