NFU Mutual has published data from a survey which found farm businesses faced on average £40,000 a year from the cost of rural crime
Suffolk Police said more than 200 people had attended the gathering on farmland in the early hours of Sunday morning (April 28)
Lincolnshire Police said the four men had caused 'great distress' to the farmer
Tobin Bird, a sheep farmer at Woodside Farm in Cranbrook, said he had seen first-hand the effect of sheep worrying and wanted to take action by offering training courses for dog owners
Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team confirmed they were investigating the incident and had identified the dog owner in question
The NFU said rural communities do not feel adequately protected against criminals with incidents continuing to 'blight' farming communities
Charles McCombie of Auchincrieve Farm said his family were heartbroken to see the aftermaths of a suspected dog attack which has left lambs without a mother
Silage effluent found to have polluted watercourse close to Taunton dairy farm
Judge Christopher Vosper KC said the defendants had 'taken a cavalier approach to the regulations designed to restrict the spread of bovine TB among cattle' and described their actions as 'reckless'
Police Scotland Forth Valley said three lambs were found dead at a farm in the Leny Feus area of Callander