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A motorist who lost control of his 4x4 in a fatal accident that killed his 85-year-old passenger told police he was following advice he'd seen on Top Gear.
When his vehicle started slipping from side to side while Richard Browne was carrying three bullocks, he tried to accelerate out of it. Bad move.
"I've watched it on Top Gear and they always say put the accelerator down and get out of it, the worst thing you can do is brake - so that's what I did," he told police.
"I tried to accelerate out of it, but it slowly got worse, and then all of a sudden it picked up and the back of the truck was being thrown from side to side. At that point, I had my foot on the accelerator, there was nothing more I could do, and all I remember is it just going."
His passenger, 85-year-old farmer Bill Tucker suffered severe injuries and died soon after the incident.A motorist who lost control of his 4x4 in a fatal accident that killed his 85-year-old... more
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Animal protection agency ‘PETA’ has launched an official complaint against German TV farmer Hansi (71) - for sexually absuing chickens!
The contestant on Germany’s ‘Bauer sucht Frau’ (‘The Farmer wants a Wife’) dating show, was seen on Monday night’s episode sexually stimulating his chickens with his finger!
“This behaviour is an offence and is not acceptable,” PETA spokesman Harald Ullmann (52) said, who have launched an abuse complaint against the farmer.
Hansi explained his unique fingering behaviour during the show “I do what the cockerel would usually do, only with my finger. It is like an orgasm for the chicken.”
Hansi’s other favourite pastime is walking around his farm in the nude: “Being naked is a beautiful thing!”
But many find Hansi’s behaviour un-egg-ceptable!
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A cow-leasing scheme has been set up in Somerset to give hard-pressed dairy farmers a low cost way of expanding their herds.
Contract milking specialist Jim Parker, from Polsham near Wells, will rent out one of his Ayrshire or Holstein Friesian cows for about £600 a year.
The farmer is allowed to keep all the milk and any calves produced.
The idea enables farmers to increase or rebuild herds at short notice without a huge initial financial layout.
Mr Parker believes the scheme, which he is running with his daughter Tracy, is the first in the UK.
"Apparently in America and Australia, it's quite widespread, so we looked into it and thought there was an opening," he said.
"People want to expand and enlarge their herd so we thought we'd give it a go.
"It's not a cheap animal to buy, so a farmer can lease it from us for three to four years.
"At the end of that period, the cow becomes theirs, same principle as leasing a car."
Mr Parker said while there were some risks involved, it was a good addition to his business. A cow-leasing scheme has been set up in Somerset to give hard-pressed dairy farmers a... more
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For this campaign season, it's out with the "Go Bengals" theme and in with a civic-minded "Vote '08" theme for the 12-acre corn maze at Irons Fruit Farm on Stubbs Mill Road.
Fourth-generation farmer Bill Irons, 40, has been coming up with a different theme for each of the past eight years. His original inspiration: a picture of Larry Bird carved into a cornfield on an Indiana farm.
Irons' father pointed out the picture and challenged him with a "you-can-do-this" comment.
Irons creates his design the old-fashioned way. He draws it out on graph paper, then enlarges it on 16 to 20 pages of graph paper that he tapes together and mounts on a board.
The corn field gets special attention, too. It's planted in two directions - like the intersections on a grid, he said. The corn comes up extra thick that way.
When the corn starts growing, Irons gets out his tractor, and sometimes a hoe. He grooms his creation the entire growing season.
Irons chooses not to use a GPS device, a piece of technology that would guide him more easily through the cutting process. "I use my head and my hands," he said.
This year's image uses the words "Vote '08 - U Decide! DEMS or GOP," plus the clashing elephant and donkey mascots of the Republicans and Democrats.
As a teenager, Irons gave some thought to attending the Cleveland Art Institute. The artist in him reveals itself when he begins thinking about each year's design.
An idea has already germinated for 2009, but he's not giving away any hints.
Family-owned farms have increasingly turned to corn mazes and other types of "agritainment" to boost their bottom lines.
In Liberty Township, the Niederman family operates a paintball facility year-round in addition to a corn maze they open each fall.
Farmers say such ventures really help when weather problems wreak havoc with cash crops. Case in point: A spring freeze and a summer drought wiped out last year's apple crop, a staple of the Irons' family business since the orchards were planted in the 1930s.
The popular corn maze was a lifesaver, said Irons.For this campaign season, it's out with the "Go Bengals" theme and in... more
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What do you do if you're a farmer and you wanna keep next door off your land? Build a wall out of cars!
After a string of complaints from his neighbours, self-proclaimed redneck Rhett Davis decided he'd had enough, and erected a wall made out of cars.
"This is just a fun way for me to say, `Hey boys, I'm still here. This is my redneck Stonehenge."
You said it. What do you do if you're a farmer and you wanna keep next door off your land?... more
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An immigrant farm worker writes a letter to his father back home. In the letter he writes of his work in the fields and dreams for the future.An immigrant farm worker writes a letter to his father back home. In the letter he... more
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