Things you can do today to help secure your farm that will cost you nothing: Acknowledge that your property is at risk and commit to taking precautions to protect it even if it means changing the way you work. Start to lock your vehicles, homes,...
This article on Farm security was published in the November / December edition Farming Scotland Magazine 2013 Growing up in a rural community in the 70’s and 80’s I was proud that few people in our village felt the need to lock their cars or homes. I...
Self Guard was featured in an article about the prevention of crime in the 100th anniversary of the Scottish Farmer. Any vet or doctor would tell you that prevention is better than cure. And nine times out of ten it's also cheaper to stop something in...
Martin and Jane Kennedy and their three daughters, farm at Lurgan, a 1700 acre beef and sheep farm close to Aberfeldy in the stunning Perthshire hills. The couple run 600 ewes and 35 suckler cows on the farm which extends to 2500 feet above sea level....
It's important not to underestimate the importance of security on your farm. Farm CCTV is something that can help greatly with this issue. The Fletcher* family run a large arable and vegetable farm which is run across three locations in Fife. In recent years, two of the...
Last week I was surveying a farm after a break in where expensive tools had been taken. It was one of a group of four farms in Fife that had been hit on the same night presumably by the same thieves. The farmer had locked...