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TuringNYC on June 23, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: What is driving the high suicide rate among farmer...

>> Many are working on land owned for generations and feel the pressure to not fail

How does this work? Wouldnt you end up with more and more descendants and inheritors over time, thus splitting the farm n-ways?

sparrish on June 23, 2023 [–]

Usually just one kid will stay home and farm while the other head to cities. That kid will have to buy the others' share of the farm when the parents die, which puts them back in debt.

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