YOUNG farmers are known for their unbridled approach to having a good time. But to pose naked covering the nether regions with a chainsaw must count as a crazy stunt even by their standards.

Askham Bryan agricultural students are the latest to bare all for a charity calendar. It was freezing cold when the pictures were taken, which explains any loss of yield.

So what prompted them to take a walk on the wild side in their wellies?

Perhaps when farmers were told to diversify, these guys thought they said divest-ify.

Updated: 11:07 Thursday, January 09, 2003