Dwayne Leslie

A farmer dies in April 2026. His son inherits the farm. The farm has been in the family since 1847. The farm consists of: 300 acres of grazing pasture, a farmhouse built in 1892, a barn, a milking parlour, two tractors of varying ages, a Land Rover that runs about 70% of the time, and a herd of 180 Hereford-cross cattle. On paper, the farm is worth approximately £3.2 million. This is because land near him has been bought recently by a London hedge fund looking for carbon credits, which has dragged the comparable value of every field within forty miles upward to a number nobody local can justify. In cash, the farm produces a profit of about £28,000 a year in a good year. In a bad year it loses money. The son also works as a fencing contractor three days a week to keep the operation viable. The inheritance tax bill on a £3.2 million estate, even at the reduced 20% rate, comes to approximately £140,000 after the increased threshold is applied. The son does not have £140,000. The son has never had £140,000. The son has £4,200 in his current account and an overdraft. The son sells 60 acres to a developer to pay the tax. The developer puts solar panels on the 60 acres. The remaining herd cannot be sustained on the reduced land. The herd is sold. The barn becomes a holiday let. A different family eats Brazilian beef this Christmas without knowing why the price went up. The Treasury collects £140,000. The land never produces British food again.

This is Australia. The consequences of a new welfare leviathan - the National Disability Insurance Scheme - NDIS. The spending is out of control. And pity the kids who genuinely have a disability because there's nothing left.

The older I get the more I understand why people who have their acts together are willing to pay a fee every month to a country club so that they have a social outlet for their family where the dregs of society are filtered out.

Every disk drill protill and vertical tillage tool in the country should be cut up and sold for scrap tomorrow. I hope some people are learning some management strategies from guys that don’t have everything blowing. And for god sakes don’t harrow canola stubble in the spring

🇵🇭 Police in the Philippines rode a city bus through a dedicated lane, watched as cars and motorcycles illegally tailed it to skip traffic, then stepped off at the end and ticketed every single one. They didn't even stand a chance ☠️😂