
Environment
UK pig farmer fined for slurry pollution
A court has found a Somerset pig farmer guilty of polluting a local stream after he constructed an illegal slurry...
Environment
A court has found a Somerset pig farmer guilty of polluting a local stream after he constructed an illegal slurry...
N.Ireland
A court in Northern Ireland has fined a farmer for a water pollution offence arising from “farm effluent” being discharged...
Pig/Poultry
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has today (Wednesday, April 30) called for a ban on the use of farrowing crates...
N.Ireland
A tree surgeon in Northern Ireland has been fined £27,500 for a health and safety breach arising from the death...
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £6,000 by the Antrim Crown Court, after pleading guilty to two breaches of...
N.Ireland
A court in Northern Ireland has convicted and fined a Co. Fermanagh farmer for polluting around 600m of a waterway....
Rural Life
A Lancashire dairy farm partnership has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay £8,605 by Preston Magistrates Court, following the...
N.Ireland
A court in Northern Ireland has fined a man £500 plus a £15 offenders levy for a water pollution offence...
Rural Life
A dairy farm in Lancashire has been ordered to pay over £10,000 by the Lancaster Magistrates’ Court for slurry pollution, following...
N.Ireland
Over in America, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) keeps an eye on tractor and combine sales figures, publishing a...
Farm Building
A farmer from Cheshire has been fined £16,000 after a roofer fell to his death from a forklift truck on...
Sheep
A woman has been ordered to pay a total of £750 after her dogs killed 15 sheep and injured a...
Dairy
A dairy company has been issued a fine for claiming its products were entirely from New Zealand (NZ), despite some...
Environment
A farmer has been fined after his “reckless” poulltion of a 2-mile stretch of a stream that flows into the...
Agri-Business
A body that manages a major forest in East Sussex has been fined £8,000 after a husband and wife out...
Agri-Business
HMRC has confirmed that businesses in the agricultural industry with fishing and farming sector have been fined a total of...
Other
A farmer has been fined for obstructing an Environment Agency officer who was taking water samples of suspected pollution on...
Environment
A landowner has been fined for failing to respond to a planning notice after he was suspected of the unauthorised...