The mega muck catchers are Bavarian farmer Johann Huber's hilarious solution to making sure he doesn't fall foul of strict European rules
Nappy days: Farmer Johann Huber with his diaper-wearing cow Doris
Herd the one about a cow wearing a nappy?
It might look ridiculous, but it's no madder than new EU fertiliser rules, according to fuming farmers.
And to protest against the galling guidelines, Johann Huber made huge dung diapers for his 18-strong herd.
The cow pie-collecting cloths are his response to an EU nitrates directive that outlaws the use of fertilisers on hillsides with gradients of more than 15%.
The Bavarian Farmers' Association fears the rules are effectively a ban from grazing cows on slopes - because their dung deposits might be seen as fertilising.
The cow-pat spat rattled Mr Huber, whose countryside-loving family have farmed the slopes of Gmund am Tegernsee in the Alps for more than 400 years.
And he sees the over-sized undies as the perfect solution to his dung dilemma.
He said: "We have no standard nappies, they have not been developed commercially yet."
Farmers who ignore the nitrates directive could end up losing their EU agricultural subsidies, which are worth thousands of Euros each year.
But they also fear complying with the restrictions could also force them out of business.
Anton Kreitmair, farmers? association president in Upper Bavaria, said: "We demand that the ban is stopped in Germany.
"In Bavaria no fertilisation would be possible on half the cultivated land and restrictions would be needed on cows grazing in Alpine pastures."
The European Union says its nitrates directive is a necessary step "to avoid leaching of nitrates and water pollution".
But the European Commission denied the ban would affect cattle.
A spokesman told the Daily Mail: "The directive does not foresee a ban on grazing animals on sloping land."
Farmer makes cows wear NAPPIES after EU bans fertilisers on steep hillsides - Mirror Online
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Farmer makes cows wear NAPPIES after EU bans fertilisers on steep hillsides - Mirror Online
Nappy days: Farmer Johann Huber with his diaper-wearing cow Doris
Herd the one about a cow wearing a nappy?
It might look ridiculous, but it's no madder than new EU fertiliser rules, according to fuming farmers.
And to protest against the galling guidelines, Johann Huber made huge dung diapers for his 18-strong herd.
The cow pie-collecting cloths are his response to an EU nitrates directive that outlaws the use of fertilisers on hillsides with gradients of more than 15%.
The Bavarian Farmers' Association fears the rules are effectively a ban from grazing cows on slopes - because their dung deposits might be seen as fertilising.
The cow-pat spat rattled Mr Huber, whose countryside-loving family have farmed the slopes of Gmund am Tegernsee in the Alps for more than 400 years.
And he sees the over-sized undies as the perfect solution to his dung dilemma.
He said: "We have no standard nappies, they have not been developed commercially yet."
Farmers who ignore the nitrates directive could end up losing their EU agricultural subsidies, which are worth thousands of Euros each year.
But they also fear complying with the restrictions could also force them out of business.
Anton Kreitmair, farmers? association president in Upper Bavaria, said: "We demand that the ban is stopped in Germany.
"In Bavaria no fertilisation would be possible on half the cultivated land and restrictions would be needed on cows grazing in Alpine pastures."
The European Union says its nitrates directive is a necessary step "to avoid leaching of nitrates and water pollution".
But the European Commission denied the ban would affect cattle.
A spokesman told the Daily Mail: "The directive does not foresee a ban on grazing animals on sloping land."
Farmer makes cows wear NAPPIES after EU bans fertilisers on steep hillsides - Mirror Online
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Farmer makes cows wear NAPPIES after EU bans fertilisers on steep hillsides - Mirror Online
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