Token Sane Person on Nostr: nprofile1q…s60lz So if your land, equipment and livestock are worth £2M, why not ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqg0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msas60lz (nprofile…60lz) So if your land, equipment and livestock are worth £2M, why not sell it and live off the interest? 3% of £2M is £60k, which is a pretty comfy wage for doing nothing instead of slogging your guts out 12 hours a day doing dirty dangerous work in all weathers.

The nearest I've heard to an answer is "tradition", leaving the farm to the next generation, who are presumably supposed to be grateful for the opportunity to have the same lifestyle