NFU Mutual

The rural insurer revealed the cost of rural crime to the UK was an estimated £44.1million in 2024 as organised thieves continued to strike

The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust have partnered with FareShare to support the transportation of surplus food from nearly 700 food partners to hubs around the UK, where it will be sorted and delivered to over 8,000 local charities

Your farm’s future starts with a conversation that brings generations together

NFU Mutual has revealed that while incidents relating to livestock being injured or killed by dogs in the UK had cost farmers around £1.95 million in 2025, more than half of owners admitted to not putting dogs on a lead in the countryside

The funding helps deliver a range of initiatives including rural poverty relief, educating and mentoring young people and supporting social welfare for rural communities

Countryside accidents account for two-thirds more than the number of deaths on urban roads

While financial experts have welcomed the concession on Inheritance Tax, several other measures were introduced which could leave farmers worse off

Figures from NFU Mutual show that almost 18% of farmers said it was important to put plans in place for the future of their business but added they had done nothing about it. A further 32% said they did not believe drawing up a plan was relevant or important to them

The leading causes of farm fires were electrical faults, arson and lightning strikes

As Brake’s annual Road Safety Week gets underway, the Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies) is urging farmers across the UK to make rural road safety a top priority this winter