Agri-Business
70,000 pigs backing up on UK farms amid worker shortage
Healthy pigs will end up being destroyed and wasted - with an estimated 70,000 pigs backing up on farms -...
England
Rural Life
Animal welfare activists blockade UK dairy factory
A group of animal welfare activists has blockaded an Arla Foods dairy distribution centre in the UK in an overnight...
Rural Life
Sheep ‘butchered’ in field prompts police probe
Police are investigating an incident where two sheep were found butchered in a field in Kent in recent days. The...
Rural Life
Man arrested after sheep ‘believed to have been killed by crossbow’
A man has been arrested and a crossbow recovered after a number of sheep were found dead at a Nottinghamshire...
N.Ireland
Farmer rescued after falling down 60ft sinkhole in field
A quad driver has been rescued after falling 60ft (18m) into a sinkhole in a field in England earlier this...
Rural Life
No kidding: Farm makes €56,000 offering ‘virtual goats’ for video calls
A farm has seized the initiative to liven things up on lockdown video calls through the introduction of a “virtual...
N.Ireland
Farm worker convicted after straw bales incident leaves cyclist brain damaged
A farm worker has been convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after failing to secure a load of...
Rural Life
Stolen Gator recovered within minutes of being taken
A stolen John Deere Gator UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle) was found by police minutes after it was stolen from a farm...
Rural Life
Hare coursers arrested following chase involving helicopter
Five people have been arrested for hare coursing following an incident which involved a police chase and an air support...
Rural Life
Tractor found parked up ‘with its engine running and no one in it’
A tractor was left running and unattended while its driver was in a nearby shop buying lunch, a local police...
Rural Life
Appeal for info after trespasser punches landowner
An appeal for information has been made in relation to a trespasser who was discovered on farmland “punched” the landowner...
Rural Life
Firefighters called in to rescue cow stuck in grating
A crew of firefighters had to be called in to rescue a cow that got her hoof stuck in grating...
N.Ireland
Video: Tractor rams 4X4 during dispute over hunting
A tense standoff culminated in a tractor being used to ram the 4X4 that a pair of Hunt Sabboteurs were...
Rural Life
Landowner handed hefty fine after holding wedding on farm
A landowner was issued with a hefty £10,000 (€11,000) fine over a wedding at a farm in Leeds, England, at...
Rural Life
Major cannabis operation discovered in underground bunkers beneath farm sheds
More than £500,000 (€549,480) worth of cannabis was discovered in underground bunkers which were accessed within farm sheds in the...
N.Ireland
Wheel flies off livestock trailer and kills dog walker in Devon
Police are appealing for information in relation to an incident where a wheel flew off a livestock trailer and killed...
N.Ireland
Firefighters called in to rescue cow stuck in water-filled ditch
A team of firefighters had to be called in to rescue a “heavily pregnant cow” that got stuck in a...
N.Ireland
Escaped cow put down after walkers leave gate open
A cow that escaped from her field when rural walkers left a gate open had to be put down after...
