Articles written by Juliana Barbassa Associated Press Writer Denair

JULIANA BARBASSA Associated Press Writer DENAIR, Calif.

When a video of dairy cows being punched and prodded with pitchforks was recently released by an animal rights group, it made the rounds on YouTube and generated the expected angry responses. But it also raised a flurry of outrage from another corner of the Internet: Farmers fought back, blogging, tweeting, uploading their own videos and chatting on Facebook to defend their industry and explain the abuse did not represent their practices. Growers aren't usual ly thought of as a wired, socialnetworking bunch. But frustration a...