The court had heard Ferguson simply left the animals to starve to death on the 700-acre farm.
The farmer is facing a total of three charges relating to the welfare of animals on his farm.
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"We don't force feed the animals, they feed and live freely on our land, " says the farm's owner, Eduardo Sousa.
"We believe that farmers should have the opportunity to work closely with their own vets so that, subject to a risk assessment and the approval of suitable separation facilities on the farm, new animals can be brought in without having to wait at least two months, " he added.
The 50-year-old farmer and businessman left the dead animals on land at Welton of Creuchies farm in Alyth over a five month spell last winter.
State officials said they were concerned that Marian Thompson has said she would put the five remaining animals into the same cages they previously inhabited on her Zanesville farm.
Investigators found more than 100 farm animals and 200 dogs on his grounds in the high desert near Los Angeles.
That, though, would bring problems of its own, as it would reduce the number of animals which could be raised on a given farm.
The kind of place where the waiters pile slices of pig, lamb and other farm animals on your plate until you beg for mercy.
JirboMatch, which jazzes up the familiar game of "Memory" with images of cartoon farm animals, is the most popular of more than 730 iPhone applications listed on Apple's Web site.
SLATER, Mo. (AP) Growing up on the family farm, Anthony Eddy learned early on not to get too attached to animals, including household pets.
He told me about a Dutch farm near Olsztyn in the northeast of the country, where a barn full of animals was set on fire a few months ago.
Because it is not heated or homogenized and often comes from animals raised on pasture, it tends to be richer and sweeter, and, sometimes, to retain a whiff of the farm.
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