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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Wiltshire Police’s rural crime team has reported a recent increase in thefts of GPS systems from farm machinery.
The Wiltshire rural crime team said this is a very busy time for the farming community and is urging farmers to take all possile...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
A personal injury lawyer has said “incidents are happening too frequently” in farming, and more needs to be done to keep the industry safe.
Figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) show that 27 people lost their lives on farms in...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The latest Northern Ireland rural crime figures are “still deepy concerning” despite a decrease of over 20% in the cost of rural crime last year, according to Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart.
The latest rural crime figures from NFU Mutual show that...
Written by Administrator from Farming Monthly National
Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual has announced Sarah Simpson will be joining its Board as a Non-Executive Director, with effect from September 2, 2024.
Sarah has a distinguished career in rural policy, amassing over 20 years of...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The cost of rural crime in Scotland has increased by nearly 35% as criminals become more organised and “sophisticated”, according to NFU Mutual.
Rural crime cost Scotland £1.4 million in 2022 and this figure has rose to £1.8 million last year, an...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The cost of rural crime in Northern Ireland fell by 21.3% last year to an estimated £2 million, according to NFU Mutual’s new rural crime report.
The cost of rural crime across the UK rose to £52.8 million, up from £50.6 million in 2022, with GPS...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Eight young farmers from across Wales have financially benefited from this year’s Gareth Raw Rees Memorial Travel Scholarship, the National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cyrmu) has said.
A total of £3,550 has been awarded by the management...
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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
NFU Mutual has appointed Sarah Simpson to its board as a non-executive director with effect from September 2, 2024.
The rural insurer said Simpson has a distinguished career in rural policy, amassing over 20 years of “invaluable experience”.
She...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Minister from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Andrew Muir, has said there are still “avoidable deaths” occurring on Northern Ireland’s farms.
The minister said he was “fully supportive” of the Farm Safety...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Meinir Howells has today (Thursday, July 25) been announced as the 26th winner of the National Farmer’ Union of Wales (NFU Cymru)/NFU Mutual Wales Woman Farmer of the Year Award.
The beef and sheep farmer from Pentrecwrt, near Llandysul has won...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Ireland and the UK are “attractive destinations” for stolen trailers, according to the Equipment Register (TER) – Europe’s largest database of plant and equipment.
TER said this is because Ireland and the UK are the only two European countries that...
Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has said that this year’s statistics on farm deaths and accidents are “likely to show no drastic improvement”.
The executive, which is a member of the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP), said this...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cymru) is set to hold a number of specialist seminars at this year’s Royal Welsh Show.
The seminars will begin on Monday, July 22, with the First Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething.
The Royal Welsh Show...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Dorset Police rural crime team is calling on the public to be “patient and careful on the roads” as an increase in farm traffic is expected with harvest time.
The team said that, at the harvest time of year, hardworking farmers are “out in force”...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
A trio of students have secured a £5,000 sustainability-focused bursary from NFU Mutual for their wine research.
The Enhancing Vineyard Sustainability Award has been awarded to Plumpton College students Louisa Highwood, Peter Taswell and Marek...
A significant group legal action has come to court now, against insurance company NFU Mutual.
The Farmers Weekly covered it like this:
NFU Mutual could be facing a bill stretching to 100s millions of pounds for business interruption claims related to the Covid-19 lockdown that they refused to...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
A tractor on fire has been extinguished by fire crews, the North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has said.
Crews from Selby and Acomb responded to reports of a tractor on fire in a field near Main Street, Thorganby, at 5:37p.m yesterday (Tuesday...
A known family of local scum claim that we put a scrape a down the side of a car parked on the side of the road. The scrape on the side of the car is 12 inches off the floor we had the the tedder on at the time and it travels approx 3ft off the floor we 100% know we didn't do it but they are...
Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland
Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, Andrew Muir has received criticism over his support for a ban on the use of e-collars on dogs.
Muir told the Assembly that he is “keen” to ban e-collars and he encouraged...
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