Based on the graphic, we have no idea whether he is being transparent, or for that matter, we have no idea if the graphic is even correct in its claims of ownership.
So on what basis exactly did you decide he is being transparent about ownership, or that he actually owns the land that whoever created that graphic claims he owns?
FWIW, the median wheat farm in western ND is around three thousand acres, about 4.5 square miles. LDS Inc bought the Deseret Ranch in Florida in the 1950s, and it is still the largest cattle ranch in the US at 300,000 acres. That's just one of LDS Inc's ranches or farms. They have many other smaller holdings, including substantial land in Nebraska.
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From what I have read, Cascade Investments LLC is the primary land owner as a shell Corp. of Gates’. There are other Cascade subsidiaries that are also landowners on behalf of Mr. Gates.