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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest private landowner in Florida, holding over 679,000 acres.

The LDS church's holdings include the Deseret Ranch, which started in 1950 and is now the most productive cow-calf ranch in the U.S.

These large tracts of land are used for agriculture, timber, mining, and future community development projects.

It's easy to think of Florida as a string of little beachside towns and white-sand beaches with a few big cities, the occasional speedway or theme park here and there. But there are hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland and timber across the state and someone's holding the deed. Who is the biggest private landowner in the Sunshine State?

By a fair chunk, it's the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S

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