Rural Life
Goat farm fined after worker fatally struck by telehandler
A goat farm in Yorkshire has been fined £180,000 and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs for safety breaches that...
Court
N.Ireland
Antrim farmer fined £1,250 for causing water pollution
A 58-year-old farmer from Co. Antrim has been fined £1,250, and ordered to pay a £15 offender levy, for water...
Other
Mixed-farming business fined £17,000 for harming water voles
A mixed-farming business from Norfolk has been fined £17,000 after it pleaded guilty to carrying out works on the River...
Agri-Business
Company fined £44,000 after poultry shed malfunction kills over 27,000 chickens
A company that manages poultry farms has been fined £44,000 after a computer malfunction in a broiler shed ventilation system...
Environment
Pair ordered to pay £240,000 for injecting waste into fields
Two men have been ordered to pay costs over £24,000 for illegally disposing of liquid waste from chemical toilets, abattoir...
Sheep
Cornwall farmer banned from keeping sheep for 10 years
A farmer from Callington, Cornwall has been banned from keeping sheep for 10 years after failing to provide adequate care...
N.Ireland
Fermanagh farmer fined for water pollution offences
A farmer from Co. Fermanagh has been convicted at Enniskillen Magistrates' Court for water pollution offences that caused fish kill....
Agri-Business
Farming company fined for polluting Somerset watercourse
Farming company Velcourt Ltd. has been fined for polluting a Somerset watercourse with dirty, ammonia-rich water, killing hundreds of fish....
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer sentenced for failure to isolate TB reactors
A farmer from Co. Armagh has been sentenced for failure to comply with notice to isolate tuberculosis (TB) reactors. Philip...
Rural Life
Former Derbyshire farmer ordered to pay £24,120 for illegal waste burning
A former farmer from Derbyshire has been ordered to pay a total of £24,120 for two offences of illegally burning...
Other
Farmer fined after worker becomes entangled in potato harvester
A farmer has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries after becoming entangled in the contra-rotating rollers of a...
Sheep
Man fined £11,000 for stealing over 600 sheep
A 26-year-old man from Herefordshire has been ordered to pay £11,000 for stealing over 600 sheep from four locations between...
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer convicted of transporting unfit animal
A farmer from Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland has been convicted of one charge of transporting a bovine animal that was...
N.Ireland
Farmer fined for breaching cattle movement regulations
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted and fined in court after pleading guilty to charges relating to the...
Other
Farmer sentenced after walker killed by cattle
A farmer in Lancashire has been sentenced for safety breaches after an 83-year-old man was fatally attacked by cattle on...
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer convicted for transporting emaciated cow
A 52-year-old farmer from Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, has been found guilty of the transportation of a cow which was...
Sheep
Staffordshire farmer fined for animal neglect
A livestock farmer from Staffordshire Moorlands has been fined a total of £1250 and given a 12-month community order for...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted for transporting an animal unfit for journey
A Northern Ireland farmer has been convicted in court for transporting an animal that was not fit for the journey....
