I hear this a lot, but all the farmers I know (UK) are wealthy, they have big houses and expensive vehicles, large families, buy up lots of local properties (bu

I hear this a lot, but all the farmers I know (UK) are wealthy, they have big houses and expensive vehicles, large families, buy up lots of local properties (buoying property prices, ie pushing them higher) ...? So, does the small margin matter if it covers high wages for the limited number of workers needed? Or am I mislead?