A freak accident has claimed the life of Michael Biadasz, 29, and 16 head of cattle. The accident occurred in Wisconsin when a dome of deadly air formed in a manure holding tank. The young farmer inhaled the poisonous gas (either sulfur oxide or methane). Bob Biadasz, Michael’s father, said that the unusual weather contributed …
For thirteen years, Marek Slodkowski has been raising horses. In all his experience, he never faced the situation that is featured in the video below. It was a tragedy that no one could have expected. One morning, he walked into his barn and found that his horse slipped and fell into a maintenance pit! Just …
Lyme disease is not the only disease you can get from a tick, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). It was just last year when a farmer from Bourbon County, Kansas died from an unknown pathogen he contracted from a tick. The virus is now being called the Bourbon virus, and Dr. Dana …
Wouldn’t it be unpleasant to find someone else’s trash in your own property? This was what one farmer in California encountered. One man decided that it was a good idea to dispose of his trash somewhere else, rather than his own garbage bin. He simply drove up to a farmland near a highway, unloaded the …
What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of a rat? Gross? Nasty? Pest? Some people have rats as pets, so they can’t be all that bad. To farmers, like Andrea Davis, rats can be pests that need to be controlled or eliminated. Andrea was tending to chores around her farm …
Babies need to have their temperature regulated in order to survive, and should never be too hot or too cold for too long. But that wasn’t the case for a newborn calf named Leroy on Dean Gangwer’s farm in Indiana, and it took quick, smart thinking to save the little cow’s life. Gangwer’s farm houses …
‘Shark Tank’ is a American reality TV show that encourages and supports the business ideas of many aspiring entrepreneurs across the country. Their ideas are pitched in a presentation format to a panel of investors, who provide feedback and even funding if successful! This show is responsible for the launch of many successful companies, such as …
Humanity can be cruel sometimes – they bully the weak, and kill innocent people and animals. Even the elderly aren’t spared. This causes us to lose faith – is there truly good left in this world? One man answers ‘yes’ to that question. Meet Jonathan Lawler, a farmer who sells up to 700,000 Lbs of …