Vast swathes of countryside in Suffolk were splattered with stinking cow-shit yesterday when a giant muck-spreader ran out of control, after the driver collapsed.
The massive muck-spreader, thought to be from Schittlodes Farm, Great Toddington, ha...
A farmers' lobby group have successfully managed to repeal an ancient law affecting how berry-pickers work. Some farmers say that illegal immigrant Eastern European berry-pickers have been taking advantage of the law and stuffing themselves so full t...
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (ABSNN) - A vast number of the farms in this Pennsylvania county have no electricity, no televisions, no telephones, no motor vehicles, no Honey Boo Boo. They are Amish folk, and yet, even the Amish know of the Twiligh...
During the recent floods in Yorkshire, local farmer Henry Shawtass managed to keep his buttocks dry whilst rescuing sheep from his flooded fields.
Mr Shawtass - who is only 5 ft tall - went back to borrow his wife's high-heeled wellington...
COW PATTY, IOWA (ABSNN) - Mitt Romney attmpted to show farmers he was one of them at a dairy farm in this small Iowa village Saturday morning. It didn't turn out well for the Republican nominee. He was injured while "milking" a bull that was isolat...
Herds of well trained cows have stormed supermarkets and local government buildings in a bid to support the farmers' strike.
A calculated and precise act of terrorism has prevented customers from purchasing milk. It has been alleged farmers have...
Pennsylvania legislature voted unanimously Friday April 8th 2011 to provide Bovine subsidies to cattle farmers to help them comply with their ultra strict Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of July 2008. This subsidy will reimburse farmers $1,000 per a...
Back in the day during the summer after my first two semesters of college, I came across a high school friend who was taking summer school college courses as was I. Why anyone would ever want to be associated with any college I went to was beyond me.
He introduced me to the sport of racquet ball and after the second set of summer courses he invited me to go on his annual two week trip to Nor...
A local farmer was arrested at his farm today, after being caught wearing 'non conformist' clothing.
The farmer, Jeb Doyle, had decided to shun the usual attire of manure caked wax jacket, in favour of a rather colourful, shiny cotton ski jacket.
There was a near miss for Grassington last Sunday when a massive tractor pulling a 'really wide' load up Main Street failed to squeeze through the gap between the Foresters' Arms pub and the Dales Bookshop.
The load consisted of a huge tank of ch...
To be a woofer is to work on a French farm. The woofer is a person who volunteers on the farm in exchange for food and shelter. To woof is to be like a dog and, what is more, to work like one. The first day on the farm, my farmer Jaques looked me up and down with Gallic insoucience and asked, 'hey Irish, where do potatoes come from?' 'A shop' I replied. 'Stupid potato head, they come from the grou...
It seemed impossible. Many people thought they were dreaming when they heard it. But it happened, and it happened on a farm in Somerset.
David Powkin is 56. He has been working on Randunlend Farm for 40 years now having taking over from his father...
In response to the current E-Coli tainting of fresh vegetables across Europe, American Snap Pea producers with bumper crops are offering to ship much of their freshly picked surplus to Europe.
"They're great sources of vitamins A and C, with a tou...
A man in Spain is receiving treatment in hospital after an angry mob of Cucumber farmers descended on his home and forced him to move out of the village.
Local Farmers accuse Hector Julio Fernandez of contaminating their cucumber stock with e-coli...
An unhappy chicken on Jackson Farm in Crump, MI, has gone on an egg-laying strike to protest the quality of her evening feed, according to U.S. agricultural officials.
Twinkie, a red speckled hen who has produced over 300 eggs for local consumption in the past year, is dissatisfied with the new, cost-efficient feed formula recently introduced by Farmer Tom Jackson. The formula, which includes...
Iowa - Speaking at the Ottumwa Grange, the President of Monasso, in one of his 'slumming' ventures to 'get his hands dirty' with the farmers, announced to a crowd packed with international reporters a stunning new development in soy seed. Of course...
There was a heartwarming story today from the village of Snuffington near Leeds where Farmer, Jasper Hollyoaks, 57 avoided a potential wardrobe disaster.
Reporter Emma Dale explained how the story unfolded.
'Jasper asked Wooly, one of his main...
A group of Irate Northern Irish farmers have taken to the streets in protest over the declining quality of the rubber used in their 'wellington boots.'
The farmers have recently become bemused with the consistency of the rubber and its subsequen...