Rural Life
Diesel thefts more than doubled in 2022 - NFU Mutual
The insurance branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Mutual) has said that diesel thefts more than doubled in 2022,...
NFU Mutual
Rural Life
NFU Mutual issues advice to those hit by floods
NFU Mutual is urging home and business owners to be flood-aware as floods have hit Wales, the Midlands and the...
Rural Life
NFU Mutual raised £1m for farm organisations in 2022
The rural insurance branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Mutual) has announced that its Charitable Trust collected donations amounting...
Rural Life
Road safety on rural roads over the holidays
Road safety is always paramount. However, in particular at this time of the year, drivers of rural roads should exercise...
Agri-Business
70% of people plan to shop local this Christmas
Research from the insurance branch of the National Farmers’ Union, NFU Mutual, has revealed that 70% of people plan to...
Other
NFU announces 2022 Livestock Champion award winner
The National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cymru) and its insurance branch (NFU Mutual) have announced the winner of the...
Rural Life
NFU Mutual: Rural crime cost the UK £40.5m in 2021
A rural crime report from National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Mutual has revealed that rural theft cost the UK around £40.5...
Rural Life
Rural crime down by almost 30% - NFU report
The latest rural crime report by National Farmer’s Union (NFU) Mutual shows the cost of rural crime in County Durham...
N.Ireland
Cost of rural theft fell 37% in Northern Ireland in 2020
The cost of rural theft in Northern Ireland is reported to have fallen substantially over the last year during the...
N.Ireland
Dog attacks estimated to cost more than £115,000 in Northern Ireland
Dog attacks on farm animals across Northern Ireland cost over £115,000 in 2020, according to new statistics released by rural...
Rural Life
Dog attacks cost British farmers over £1.3 million in 2020
New statistics released by rural insurer NFU Mutual today (February 2) reveal the cost of dog attacks on farm animals...
Rural Life
£2.3 million worth of farm animals stolen from UK farms in 2020
New figures released by rural insurer NFU Mutual reveal that farm animals worth an estimated £2.3 million were stolen from...
N.Ireland
NI farmers least likely in UK to want to retire
Fewer than one in seven Northern Ireland farmers plan on fully retiring and many do not discuss their later life...
Agri-Business
Cost of farm fires up by £1 million in Northern Ireland
Rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging farmers to check their fire precautions and have emergency plans in place, as the...
Machinery
Cost of tractor fires soars to £19 million in the UK
Overloaded battery terminals are behind an increasing number of tractor fires, an investigation of almost 1,000 carried out by rural...
Rural Life
Survey results: 25% of people see contracting as a route into agriculture
For a quarter of respondents (25%) to a survey conducted by a rural insurance company, they said the reason for...
Rural Life
Cost of UK rural crime hits 8-year high
The cost of rural crime in the UK has hit an eight-year high – up almost 9% in just 12...
N.Ireland
NI rural crime costs rise 18% as gangs target machinery and livestock
The cost of rural theft in Northern Ireland rose 18% to £3.3 million in 2019 as organised criminal gangs targeted...
