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Rural crime is on the rise since the start of the year. Picture: Newsquest

Somerset farmers alert as rural crime on the rise
RURAL crime in Somerset cost an estimated £930,000 in 2021, according to insurer NFU Mutual's 2022 Rural Crime Report.

Grassland farming can help to develop a sustainable farming future

Sponsored Grassland farming can help to develop a sustainable farming future

The two rescue ponies. Picture: Mendip Neighbourhood Policing

Ponies rescued after being abandoned in Somerset field for more than two weeks

Record breaker – Martin Pratt and his son, Edward, with John Gardener, who bought the heifer on behalf of a client, with auctioneer, Derek Biss

Heifer sold for record price at dairy auction

Archive image of a tractor fire

Tractor and farm machinery destroyed in countryside blaze

The bull was rescued from a rhyne in Wookey. Picture: Google Maps/Pixabay

Fire Service rescue 700kg bull from a rhyne in Somerset

Free farming classes are now available.

Mendip District Council offer free agricultural webinars for landowners

Ian Liddell-Grainger.

Rural duty-cut plan 'a non-starter' according to Liddell-Grainger

The 2021 winners of the South West Farmer Awards

Nominations open for South West Farmer Awards 2022

The 2021 winners of the South West Farmer Awards

Nominations open for South West Farmer Awards 2022

The farmhouse is just outside Pilton with views over the Glastonbury Festival site

FOR SALE Farmhouse offers magnificent views including over Glastonbury Festival site

Dead slow is the message as a campaign is launched to cut horse-vehicle incidents in Somerset

Somerset drivers told 'rein it in' as horse-vehicle incidents rise

NFU president Minette Batters (middle) at Yeo Valley with the company's representatives. Picture: Yeo Valley

Farmers' union president sees Yeo Valley's regenerative farming in action

Farmers being encouraged to get their health checked

Health hubs helping farmers to get looked after on market days

We need tio reclaim farmland from rewilding, says Ian Liddell-Grainger

'We need to halt rewilding to ensure there's enough food' claims MP

Interbreed supreme champion beef animal; Frogmore Nicola

Cream of the crop crowned champions at Bath and West Show

Stock picture for illustrative purposes

Yoga retreat planned on farm near Taunton that housed prisoners of war

David Exwood, National Farmers' Union vice president

Food crisis risks without Government support for farmers, says NFU vice president

The arable land at Enmore that sold for £262,000

Top land price of £262,000 at auction in Somerset

Wooden Top Farm, going under the hammer

Somerset farm for sale at £400,000+

Still footage released by Animal Aid

'Newborn calf kicked on Somerset dairy farm housing young cows in hutches'

Drought stress causes a drop in crop productivity

Sponsored Seaweed extracts mitigate abiotic stress in crop production

Farmers and walkers are being warned of the danger of cattle attacks

Somerset walkers warned of danger of being attacked by cattle

A fire crew from Frome attended the farm in Hemington, where two people were treated for inhalation injuries. Picture: Stock image

Two taken to hospital for ‘inhalation injuries’ from chemicals on Somerset farm

Rural crime is a major problem for farmers

Helping farmers tackle rural crime

The stolen telehandler. Picture: Avon and Somerset Police

Police appeal to help find stolen telehandler

The currently vacant units where the tractor business could be sited

Family firm plans to sell, repair and maintain tractors near Wellington

With the cost of living soaring to its highest level in a decade, grants of up to £1,500 can be accessed as part of RABI’s fuel poverty response.

Sponsored RABI launches fuel poverty grants for farming families

Crowds at the Walford Cross machinery sale. Picture: Greenslade Taylor Hunt

Hundreds flock to record-breaking farm machinery sale near Taunton

There is a three-mile exclusion zone around the affected area

Exclusion zone set up following bird flu case in Somerset

Elgin Energy's promotional material for the proposed solar farm

Proposed large solar farm would harm nature, say locals

Dead fish in Hardington Brook following the incideint. Picture: Environment Agency

Farming company fined after hundreds of fish killed in polluted Somerset watercourse

The Walford Cross Machinery Sale in 2019, the last time it was held on site. Picture: Greenslade Taylor Hunt

South West's largest machinery sale returns to site near Taunton

The recent theft of fuel took place at a rural location near Wellington. Picture: Avon and Somerset Police

Police tips to farmers following fuel theft near Wellington

Tonight a new Channel 4 reality series will take 24 contestants back to basics in a Devonshire farmland owned by an Amish family (Channel 4)

Everything you need to know about Channel 4's The Simpler Life

Ian Liddell-Grainger MP and Mark Garnier MP at the event launch. Picture: Andrew Porter Photography

MP Ian Liddell-Grainger supports Fairtrade Awareness campaign

Farmer Tom Newth, who lost five ewes, while two more miscarried. Picture: Contributed

Somerset farmer anger at dog attack that killed FIVE ewes, while two more miscarried

Brian, Piers and Adam Hayes, who have all worked at the market. Pictures: Greenslade Taylor Hunt

Family's THREE generations have links to markets in Taunton and North Petherton

FUTURE: A photo from the County Gazette in 1971 depicting what an apple farm would look like

LOOKING BACK In 1971 we reported on a bold prediction of apple production in the future

The trailer was spotted during a routine Farm Watch visit by police

Stolen trailer spotted during routine police visit to Somerset farm

STOLEN: The tractor stolen in Long Sutton

Police appeal after stolen tractor seen being driven off

IN BUSINESS: Siblings Gabriel, Holly and Fraser Purdey in the farm shop

FAMILY AFFAIR: Business booming as brothers open farm shop on sister's farm

Images from Avon and Somerset Police

Police seek to return abandoned trailer to its owner

OPPOSITION: Part of the site which could feature the proposed solar panels

Fears two farming families could be 'turned off land' to make way for solar panels

PLAN APPROVED: Agricultural land north of Torr Works Quarry, where the limestone scalpings will be stored. Pic: Somerset County Council

Quarrying materials to be dumped on farmland after plans approved

WINTER STRAWBERRIES: John Downes, managing director at Global Berry

Taunton farm project means 'winter strawberries' available at supermarket

REPORT IT: Police are appealing for information about anti-social driving in the Hambridge area

Anti-social 4X4 drivers 'destroying tracks' vital to farmers

Ian Liddell-Grainger

Farmers left in limbo by Defra's lack of clarity, claims Liddell-Grainger

South Petherton in Somerset has been named among the

Somerset town listed among “coolest” places in UK

Stolen Land Rover. Image supplied by Avon and Somerset Police

Land Rover and trailer stolen while farmer checked his stock

The duck lover who has tested positive for bird flu

The duck lover who has tested positive for bird flu

CULLED: The cow was euthanised along with 70 other animals

Somerset farm BSE case probably caused by 'residual feed' from silo

Car park of Horner Farm within the Exmoor National Park. Picture: Google Maps

Villagers say 'step too far' as Exmoor farm shop allowed to sell alcohol

SCENE: Doulting, near Shepton Mallet. Pic: Google Maps

Fire crews rescue sheep from hole in field