Alex Birch has a problem most farmers don’t anticipate. His cows are too damn cute for their own good.  Birch’s Highland cattle, with their thick shaggy coats and Instagram-ready faces , have become a destination. People drive to his 300-acre farm in Baslow Edge, Derbyshire, to hug them, film yoga videos beside them, yank their tails, and leave bags of vegetables as unsolicited snacks. A group of 30 tourists once cornered his entire herd with flashing cameras. Videos by VICE “My cows don’t get any peace,” Birch told the BBC . His solution, arrived at after exhausting his patience and presumably every other option, is to make the cows less attractive. Birch, 39, plans to crossbreed his Highland cattle with the whitebred shorthorn, a breed he described as a “good, hardy cow” that lacks both the photogenic fluff and the horns that keep drawing crowds. The de-beautification process, he estimates, will take about six years. “The intention is to make them less photogenic,” he said.…