Someone sold the farm land to Gates.
Wby?
Answer: The heirs to the farmland didn’t have the knowledge or interest in farming so they took the payout.
This trend will continue through the decade as an aging population dies off without enough replacements.
Maintaining civilization and prosperity is tough, it gets even tougher when nonessential employers & employees are more heavily compensated than essential business operations.
Eventually, we’ll have large Soviet-style Kolkholzes for farms.