Agri-Business
'Sentences for rural crime must act as a deterrent'
The NFU raised its concerns with the solicitor general that the sentences given for rural crime do not act as a strong...
Rural Crime
Agri-Business
360t of counterfeit pesticides seized in Operation Silver Axe III
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has seized 360t of illegal or counterfeit pesticides as part of its Europol-coordinated campaign Operation...
Agri-Business
NFU and Crimestoppers launch new Rural Crime Reporting Line
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has today launched a new service for farmers and the public to give information anonymously...
Rural Life
Up to 40 bales damaged in Somerset farm vandal attack
A Somerset dairy farmer has took to social media to vent his frustration after vandals slashed and set alight several...
N.Ireland
Public appeal for information following overnight break-in and farm theft
A Co. Tyrone farmer is appealing for information following a break-in on his farm and the theft of his machinery...
N.Ireland
Co. Down farmer found guilty of stealing neighbour's cattle
By Michael Kenwood A north Down farmer found guilty of stealing five pedigree heifers from a neighbouring farm and fitting...
N.Ireland
Up to 50 cattle stolen from Co. Tyrone shed
Up to 50 cattle are thought to have been stolen from a farm in Co. Tyrone, police in Northern Ireland...
Rural Life
Northern police officers given livestock training
Police officers in Newry and south Armagh have been given livestock training so they can become better equipped to deal...
N.Ireland
Police appeal for information following theft of ewes
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has issued an appeal for information following the theft of a number of...
N.Ireland
Police appeal for information following theft of 31 cattle
Police in Co. Tyrone are appealing for any information relating to two separate incidents of livestock theft in recent weeks,...
Machinery
Machinery valued at €80,000 stolen from Louth farmyard
Farm machinery worth an estimated €80,000 was stolen in a break-in at a farmyard in the Dundalk/Ardee area of Co.Louth...
N.Ireland
29 suckler cattle stolen from a field in Ballinderry
A total of 29 suckler cattle are thought to have been stolen from a field in the Lough Road area...
N.Ireland
11% drop in Northern rural crime levels
The latest rural crime statistics show an 11% fall in the number of incidents recorded in rural communities across Northern...
N.Ireland
'Stolen' trailer recovered in a different county
A trailer thought to have been stolen in Bangor, Co. Down has been recovered by police in south Antrim –...
N.Ireland
Operation FarmWatch: The latest drive to get tough on rural crime
Farm visits, advice stands and vehicle check points were posted across Northern Ireland earlier this week as Operation FarmWatch got...
N.Ireland
Cross-border smuggling blamed for NI's 10,000 missing cattle
More than 10,000 Northern Irish cattle have been reported stolen or lost in just three years – with cross-border smuggling...
N.Ireland
Crime initiative puts farmers on the watch for rural thieves
Farmers have been urged to sign up to a new rural crime watch initiative to tackle the issue in Northern...
N.Ireland
Farm organisation calls for tougher sentences for criminals
Calls for tougher judicial sentences for people involved in rural crime have been reiterated by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU),...
