N.Ireland
Man convicted of failing to provide BVD sample
A Co. Down man has pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to provide a Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) sample from...
Court
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted for failing to notify movement of animals
A Co. Down farmer has been convicted of 24 charges of failure to notify the movement of animals onto his...
Environment
Tamworth potato processor fined over £21,000 for pollution incident that killed over 450 fish
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted Edima Holdings Ltd. – a Tamworth potato processing company – for causing a pollution...
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer convicted of animal welfare breaches and fined £6765
A Co. Armagh farmer has been convicted of three charges relating to animal welfare, fined a total of £6765 and...
Rural Life
Farmer fined £1,300 after leaky silage clamp kills over 400 fish in a river
More than 400 fish were killed because a Dorset farm owner was unaware effluent from his silage clamp was discharging...
Rural Life
Farmer ordered to pay more than £30,000 for ploughing historically important fields
Braunton tenant-farmer Andrew Cooper has been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for ploughing historically important fields linked to prehistoric...
Environment
Co. Down fisherman fined for sowing uncultivated land
Co. Down fisherman Geoffrey Chambers (63) of Moneydarragh Road in Annalong was fined a total of £2,500 for sowing and...
Rural Life
Farmer fined £2,000 for spreading sewage on neighbours land
The Environment Agency is reminding operators to take precautions to ensure the correct processes are in place when spreading on...
Environment
Man fined for breaches of waste management legislation
A man from Co. Down was issued with a fine of £2,000 for breaches of waste management legislation, according to...
Rural Life
Disqualified farmer guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to sheep
A disqualified farmer in Gloucestershire has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a sheep which inspectors found dead on...
Machinery
JCB to appeal French court ruling on patent breaches
JCB has announced its intentions to appeal a French court's ruling on patent breaches against Manitou. On February 26, 2021,...
Rural Life
Speeding driver claims he was rushing to help cow give birth
A restricted driver who admitted doing almost twice his permitted speed, claimed he was in a rush to assist with...
Rural Life
26-year-old's death on Cumbria farm determined to be accidental
The death of 26-year-old who was crushed between a bale and a wall on a Cumbria farm has been determined...
N.Ireland
Farmer caught drink driving says he went to check on damage to tractor
A farmer from Northern Ireland who was caught driving whilst almost twice the legal limit was returning to his yard to...
N.Ireland
Farmer caught drink driving says he went to check on damage to tractor
A farmer from Northern Ireland who was caught driving whilst almost twice the legal limit was returning to his yard to...
N.Ireland
Firm fined following death of man at livestock mart
A mart firm has today, Friday, March 13, been fined £12,500 (€13,995) following the death of a man at a...
N.Ireland
Firm fined following death of man at livestock mart
A mart firm has today, Friday, March 13, been fined £12,500 (€13,995) following the death of a man at a...
Environment
Farmer fined in court over silage effluent pollution
A farmer that pleaded guilty to allowing a polluting discharge from his farm to enter a waterway in the Cloughmills...
