Other
Mixed-farming business fined £17,000 for harming water voles
A mixed-farming business from Norfolk has been fined £17,000 after it pleaded guilty to carrying out works on the River...
Court
Agri-Business
Company fined £44,000 after poultry shed malfunction kills over 27,000 chickens
A company that manages poultry farms has been fined £44,000 after a computer malfunction in a broiler shed ventilation system...
Environment
Pair ordered to pay £240,000 for injecting waste into fields
Two men have been ordered to pay costs over £24,000 for illegally disposing of liquid waste from chemical toilets, abattoir...
Sheep
Cornwall farmer banned from keeping sheep for 10 years
A farmer from Callington, Cornwall has been banned from keeping sheep for 10 years after failing to provide adequate care...
N.Ireland
Fermanagh farmer fined for water pollution offences
A farmer from Co. Fermanagh has been convicted at Enniskillen Magistrates' Court for water pollution offences that caused fish kill....
Agri-Business
Farming company fined for polluting Somerset watercourse
Farming company Velcourt Ltd. has been fined for polluting a Somerset watercourse with dirty, ammonia-rich water, killing hundreds of fish....
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer sentenced for failure to isolate TB reactors
A farmer from Co. Armagh has been sentenced for failure to comply with notice to isolate tuberculosis (TB) reactors. Philip...
Rural Life
Former Derbyshire farmer ordered to pay £24,120 for illegal waste burning
A former farmer from Derbyshire has been ordered to pay a total of £24,120 for two offences of illegally burning...
Other
Farmer fined after worker becomes entangled in potato harvester
A farmer has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries after becoming entangled in the contra-rotating rollers of a...
Sheep
Man fined £11,000 for stealing over 600 sheep
A 26-year-old man from Herefordshire has been ordered to pay £11,000 for stealing over 600 sheep from four locations between...
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer convicted of transporting unfit animal
A farmer from Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland has been convicted of one charge of transporting a bovine animal that was...
N.Ireland
Farmer fined for breaching cattle movement regulations
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted and fined in court after pleading guilty to charges relating to the...
Other
Farmer sentenced after walker killed by cattle
A farmer in Lancashire has been sentenced for safety breaches after an 83-year-old man was fatally attacked by cattle on...
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer convicted for transporting emaciated cow
A 52-year-old farmer from Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, has been found guilty of the transportation of a cow which was...
Sheep
Staffordshire farmer fined for animal neglect
A livestock farmer from Staffordshire Moorlands has been fined a total of £1250 and given a 12-month community order for...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted for transporting an animal unfit for journey
A Northern Ireland farmer has been convicted in court for transporting an animal that was not fit for the journey....
Other
Somerset farmer fined for 2nd time for polluting watercourse
A farmer from Somerset has been fined – for the second time in five years – for polluting a watercourse...
N.Ireland
Armagh farmer fined for failing to notify department of livestock movements
An Armagh farmer has been convicted at Armagh Magistrates Court today (October 4) for two charges relating to livestock movements...
