What would/could you do if someone came to steal from your farm?

[Smith31]

Having witnessed the angry shoppers and empty supermarket shelves earlier today and with the future looking bleak. How long will it be before people start stealing from farmers?

Similiar to most farmers, we personally have stacks of firewood (heating) sheds full of arable produce (food) , borehole providing water (clean water) , sheds full of cows and sheep (meat), chickens (eggs), few pigs, diesel tanks, workshop tools etc. All of the above could be in high demand in the near future. This raises the rather scary question of what could or would we do, to protect our livelihood if attacked?

Sorry to be over dramatic. However, it is always good to share ideas and be prepared, should the worst case scenario become reality

 

[shumungus]

We are advised to do feck all.

 

[Dave6170]

Heard of a farmer bumped into someone in his shed in the dark and lashed him with blue water pipe!

 

[7610 super q]

Don't think there's much that can be done ? Not allowed to defend your property any more. I've just got to hope the masses won't have a clue what to do with wheat and barley.....

 

[Robt]

Really...... most of the public are queuing to buy a million toilet rolls... they are too stupid to realise food comes from farms not the super market! This is not the zombie apocalypse.....

 

[Northeastfarmer]

If they come here thieving they’ll instantly regret it

 

[Lincs Lass]

If they come and steal from the farm ,,,I thought that had been happening for years ,livestock disappearing ,,helping themselves to veg if its close to a road ,,landlord had three boxes of logs pinched 5 years ago ,,,Its nothing new

 

[Smith31]

Really...... most of the public are queuing to buy a million toilet rolls... they are too stupid to realise food comes from farms not the super market! This is not the zombie apocalypse.....

Do you farm next to a police station? Around here farmers often have sheep shot in the fields and taken to be dressed elsewhere, have had diesel and trailers etc stolen. A neighbour had a peacock stolen last year!

A farmer a few miles down the road had people picking strawberries from his fields a few years ago, he has put the land to grazing now and this is all before the virus and people being laid off work daily.

 

[Bald Rick]

Do you farm next to a police station? Around here farmers often have sheep shot in the fields and taken to be dressed elsewhere, have had diesel and trailers etc stolen. A neighbour had a peacock stolen last year!

A farmer a few miles down the road had people picking strawberries from his fields a few years ago, he has put the land to grazing now and this is all before the virus and people being laid off work daily.

Where’s “around here”?

 

[Still Farming]

Lets hope public order and civil defence systems and protocols will kick in?

 

[Smith31]

Where’s “around here”?

North of the Thames And another farm near Harrogate Yorkshire. Both areas suffer from similiar levels of crime there's no north south divide when it comes to crime.

 

[Netherfield]

Hell of a lot of spuds went 'missing' during the miners strike.

 

[Bald Rick]

North of the Thames And another farm near Harrogate Yorkshire. Both areas suffer from similiar levels of crime there's no north south divide when it comes to crime.

Wasn’t implying that there was a divide but some ares suffer more than others

(And it is one of my pet hates when posters say “around here” or similar with no indication of where they are referring to )

 

[whitefox]

....to all of the above who have been robbed cheated ignored by urban british society,my sympathies,but for the uncaring,couldnt give a thought,head up their own arses british urban stereotype...…….heres yer long overdue wake up call?......?

 

[DeeGee]

Where’s “around here”?

Dodge City.

 

[Bald Rick]

Dodge City.

Batten down the hatches my friend... Dodge City (or Rhyl as we know it across the sea) is but a mere cock stride. Stay safe

 

[Castle Farm]

Personally I'd shoot the barstewards. At 75 I wouldn't mind spending a few years in jail.

 

[Hilly]

Do you farm next to a police station? Around here farmers often have sheep shot in the fields and taken to be dressed elsewhere, have had diesel and trailers etc stolen. A neighbour had a peacock stolen last year!

A farmer a few miles down the road had people picking strawberries from his fields a few years ago, he has put the land to grazing now and this is all before the virus and people being laid off work daily.

We used to live in an area like that , the answer was easy , move .

 

[Smith31]

We used to live in an area like that , the answer was easy , move .

The areas we farm in are pleasant, unfortunately we have people come into the areas from inner cities to steal.

 

[Bald Rick]

If they come here thieving they’ll instantly regret it

Here too.
I’d drop my kecks and they’d die laughing