"Late last week a man described as a blind pensioner driving a tractor was involved in a crash on the A9 in the UK.
The 77-year-old struck problems when he parked his tractor and trailer and trailer across the central reservation and fast lane of the dual carriageway.
The...
"Frogs may turn into princes only in fairy tales, but in real life one farmer living in Vietnam has found that frogs can also easily turn into huge profits.
Once a poor farmer, Le Son became a millionaire from raising frogs after mastering the craft of raising the...
"An influential forum of UK beef and dairy organisations, retailers and animal welfarists is backing a set of potentially far-reaching aims in a bid to solve the problem of the UK dairy industry's black-and-white male dairy calves.
What is the problem?
Until now, many of...
"Research on colour vision in farm animals shows that they are dichromats with cones (colour sensitive retina cells) most sensitive to yellowish-green and blue purple light.
Humans are trichromats and see the full colour spectrum.
Dichromatic vision may make the animal...
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Most people think of Monty Roberts as the "horse whisperer" and quite rightly so.
But what many might not realise is that the principles he applies to horses work equally well with other animals - particularly...
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"Southland is currently facing significant changes to labour market requirements and this, coupled with an ageing workforce, means we are unable to keep up with employment needs," Mr Adam said.
"Southland has...
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"Everyone's a skeptic. God! I was too. I would have committed myself to the funny farm. Since then, I've just been telling people what the animal's have been telling me." - Bill Northern"
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""The cows are fed the ice cream and sweets at the afternoon milking and race up looking for it. When I first suggested using these by-products most of my neighbours thought I was crazy, but my local vet and an...
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This spring 35 cows from his herd died from avian salmonella, the cows grazed the same pasture as the mobs of defecating Canada geese. This incident cost the farmer an estimated $75,000.
That's why Federated Farmers...
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Truemors
Bill Northern - talking to the animals!