Agony for Japan livestock farmers in nuclear crisis
By Shingo Ito (AFP) – 2 hours ago
FUKUSHIMA CITY, Japan — As more people are forced to leave their homes around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, anger is growing in a farming community forced to make the agonising decision whether to...
A farmer in Devon has resorted to dyeing his sheep orange because he is so angry at thieves stealing from his flock.
ohn Heard put his 250 blackface ewes through a harmless dye to make them stand out and so less likely to be pinched.
‘It produces strange-looking sheep but it has done...
A sheep gave birth to a dog on a farm in China, claims its owner Liu Naiying, who has had people flocking to see the woolly 'lamb-puppy'.
Liu says he came across the lamb-dog in one of his fields shortly after it was born. And by 'born', he means his sheep was licking the creature and...
Mystery of 200 Dead Cows in Wisconsin Solved
Authorities investigating the deaths of 200 cows in Wisconsin have come up with an unlikely culprit: the sweet potato.
The cows were found dead in a Stockton pasture two weeks ago. Locals were left scratching their heads about what caused the...