Farming

Livestock worrying occurs when dogs, both owned and unowned stray, chase, attack, or harass livestock, causing injury, death, and losses for farmers. In a bid to raise awareness of the severity of the issue of livestock worrying and to help prevent it, we have put together the following guidance for both livestock owners and dog owners, to help keep both sets of animals safe and well.

As a responsible dog owner, it is important to take measures to prevent your dog from chasing livestock. We outline the penalties that dog owners face should their dog be caught worrying livestock and provide some pointers on what can be done to prevent that from happening.

As any livestock farmer will know, livestock worrying is a major issue that leads to significant financial losses as well as emotional distress. Here, we outline the drastic financial and mental implications that livestock worrying has and provide some pointers on what farmers can do to prevent it from happening.

To help prevent accidents, downtime, and costly repairs for rural businesses, we have put together a handy checklist for inspecting agricultural vehicles and machinery this autumn.

This year, the McClarrons team will be present at several agricultural shows. Take a look at where we’ll be over the coming months.

World Milk Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to recognise the importance of milk as a global food. We take this the opportunity to raise awareness around the plight of dairy farmers and farming more broadly.

Changes to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) regulations, that come into force from 6 April 2022, mean employers need to think about how this will affect them and their workforce.

Leading specialists in health & safety and risk reduction for rural businesses, Safety Revolution, have recently launched their health and safety management system in app form.

Theft from construction sites and farms, of plant, equipment, and machinery, continues to have a significant impact on businesses struggling to recover from the recent pandemic. Here, we outline some of the things you can do to prevent such theft.

We want to share findings from RABI’s Big Farming Survey with our farming communities and provide information and advice on a few of the key points that have been raised.

We spoke to our new partners, Safety Revolution, who have provided this guest blog post all about health and safety and risk reduction for rural businesses.