German farmer Johann Huber, who farms in the Alps, has created the large cloth ‘cow nappies’ to protest against EU rules which ban fertilisers from hillsides with gradients of 15 per cent or more. Mr Huber is part of the Bavarian farmers’ association which fears the new rules effectively ban farmers from grazing cows on the slopes – because their cow pats might be construed as fertilising. Farmers in breach of the EU nitrates directive could lose their EU agricultural subsidies, worth thousands of Euros each year – while they fear that complying with the restrictions could also force many out of business. Oya, Pampers and Huggies should cash in on this o! Lol
