An investor has recently paid $171 million to acquire 14,500 acres of mixed-irrigated and non-irrigated farmland in southwest Benton County in Washington State. The investor purchased the land from Boston-based John Hancock Life Insurance Company, who bought the parcel in 2010 for $75 million. Records indicate the land consists of 10,500 acres of irrigated farmland, 3,900 acres of rangeland and 140 acres of land categorized for other uses such as pasture.