Agri Safety and Rural Crime news
A Cumbria farmer has been found guilty of two charges of intentionally disturbing the nest of a pair of breeding ospreys. 58-year-old Paul Barnes f...
Representatives of both farmers and farm workers in the UK have expressed concern after a cancer victim won a multi-million-dollar compensation claim ...
A Cumbria farmer has pleaded not guilty to intentionally disturbing the nesting site of ospreys. 58-year-old Paul Barnes faces two charges of inten...
A Worcestershire farmer died from a brain injury after one of her cows headbutted her, an inquest into her death has heard. 64-year-old farmer Patr...
A farmer who died while feeding his livestock was likely trampled to death, police have said. Sussex police were called to Pinstraw Farm in Groombr...
Thieves have stolen a large amount of farm machinery, including twelve tractors, from a farm in County Down. The twelve vintage tractors were stole...
An environmental charity has urged British farmers to think about how the industry will manage without glyphosate following a landmark US court case. ...
The sheep sector has disputed claims made by Lynx UK Trust claiming "major landowners" have approved access for lynx during a trial reintroduction. ...
Forty sheep have been stolen from a farm in County Down, Northern Ireland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are appealing for informat...
Dozens of sheep belonging to Bangor University’s research centre have been stolen from the Carneddau mountains. The university's centre at Henfaes,...
The NFU is today hosting a rural crime roundtable to help deliver solutions that will begin to tackle the increasing levels of crime in the countrysid...
Tougher laws have been introduced to those who commit animal cruelty offences, with the more serious cases coming with a 5-year prison sentence. De...
A farmer has tragically died in a fire whilst he was cutting grass, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The HSE notified the Nation...
A Welsh farmer has described how she nearly died after being “barged, butted and trampled” by a cow. Powys farmer Corrine Mathias was lucky to surv...
Rural crime is one of the most “pressing, impactful and devastating” issues farmers face, according to the NFU. New figures released on Monday (5 A...
Police are re-appealing for the public’s help to trace a missing farmer who has now been missing for two months. William ‘Bill’ Taylor was last see...
The impact of the summer heatwave on livestock and growers will be felt “for months to come”. According to a leading agronomist from the Royal Agri...
Farmers are “fortifying” their farms in the face of an increased threat from “repeated and determined” criminals. The startling comments follow the...
Farmers are being urged to put in place effective safety procedures to reduce risk of accidents on farm, as the Health and Safety Executive continues ...
A sheep who had become stuck in a bog, with and her legs and body completed submerged by the mud, has been rescued. The ewe - aged around four year...
Farmers in the EU will be able to receive payments in advance and more flexibility as they grapple with the difficulties of extreme droughts. The p...
German chemical giant BASF has obtained a High Court judgement against the director of Harvest Agrochemicals Ltd in a 'passing off' case. BASF took...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire at a farm which the police say will have a "devastating" financial impact on the farmer...
Gamekeepers and farmers on moors ravaged by wildfires are left facing bills running into tens of thousands of pounds – after around 5,000 acres of the...
A farming company has been ordered to pay out over £7,000 after a worker was dragged into a reed combing machine. Exeter Magistrate’s Court heard t...
