Rural crime

A tracker has helped police pursue and recover a quad bike stole from North Yorkshire in the middle of the night.

The escalating cost of rural crime must be a major concern to farmers across the country, but perhaps not a surprise.

Rural crime has hit its highest cost level in eight years totalling £54 million in 2019, an almost nine per cent rise, new data from NFU Mutual has revealed.

Lincolnshire police are investigating a report of animal cruelty in which three sheep have died after being run over by a vehicle and one set alight, with a further eight missing.

A new Farm Work Welfare app will see thousands of farmers and workers across the UK benefit from ‘valuable’ support and information in a bid to tackle labour exploitation.

Members of the public have been urged by police and farming unions to keep their dogs on leads as farmers continue to suffer the financial and emotional effects of livestock worrying.

A vigilant farmer has helped police in the arrest of two men suspected of stealing quad bikes in North Yorkshire.

Increased use of tracking security devices last year on tractors and quad bikes has helped Police Scotland recover tractors, quad bikes and other farm equipment valued at £893,000.

Increased use of tracking security devices last year on tractors and quad bikes has helped Police Scotland recover tractors, quad bikes and other farm equipment valued at £893,000.

Police have appealed to the public for information following the theft of 50 sheep from a West Midlands farm.