"No one has been buying it up faster than Bill Gates,"

"Bill Gates now owns 270,000 acres, "making him the largest owner of American farmland."SEN. CRAMER SOUNDS ALARM ON CHINA’S ‘CONCERNING’ PURCHASE OF FARMLAND NEAR NORTH DAKOTA AIR FORCE BASERep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., sent a letter to House Agriculture Committee chairman David Scott, D-Ga., calling on the chairman to bring Microsoft founder Bill Gates before the committee for questioning on his recent farmland buys.Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., sent a letter to House Agriculture Committee chairman David Scott, D-Ga., calling on the chairman to bring Microsoft founder Bill Gates before the committee for questioning on his recent farmland buys. (Getty Images)"Mr. Gates has argued that developed countries like America ‘shouldn’t eat any red meat,’" the South Dakota Republican continued. "Given that, our country deserves to hear from him what he has planned for this incredibly productive agricultural land."Johnson sent his letter to Scott on Wednesday, writing the chairman to bring Gates before the committee "to testify regarding his farming interests and practices."