A recent survey of 861 farmers by Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) found that 46% of the farmers surveyed had property stolen more than once and 16% reported three or more thefts from their farms.
The most common item stolen from farms in the WIT survey was agricultural diesel (22%), followed by electrical and hand tools (21%), and machinery and equipment such as livestock trailers (17%). Some 10% of those surveyed reported having livestock stolen.
FBD’s agricultural product manager Stewart Gavin says farmyards have become an all too common target for thieves and FBD has recently reviewed its theft protection conditions in March.
“We listened to the concerns of our customers to avail of theft protection offered around theft of tools and theft of agricultural diesel extensions,” he explains.
Trailed farm implements
In October 2016, the Irish Farmers Journal reported on the theft of a plough worth €20,000 from Co Louth farmer John Hoey.
The five-furrow hydraulic Var-width Kverneland plough was stolen in the early hours of the morning from a field “in the middle of nowhere.”
The incident prompted many farmers to start thinking about whether their farm equipment is insured while left in a field and whether this type of cover is available.
Gavin says: “Yes, FBD’s tractor product provides the option to insure specified trailed agricultural implements.”
The most common farm implements for which cover is sought are trailers, slurry tanks and fertiliser spreaders, mowers, balers, trailed bowsers, rakes, toppers and ploughs.
“Cover options include both comprehensive and fire and theft, while theft under this option also includes theft from the open,” says Gavin.
Are boundary fences and all gates secure and intact?Are trees and bushes trimmed back to reduce cover around gates, the yard and farmhouse?Have you got exterior lighting?Have you got robust locks on sheds?On your house, are doors and windows fitted with robust locks, in working order?Is an alarm fitted to your house and/or sheds? Read more
Special focus: farm insurance
A recent survey of 861 farmers by Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) found that 46% of the farmers surveyed had property stolen more than once and 16% reported three or more thefts from their farms.
The most common item stolen from farms in the WIT survey was agricultural diesel (22%), followed by electrical and hand tools (21%), and machinery and equipment such as livestock trailers (17%). Some 10% of those surveyed reported having livestock stolen.
FBD’s agricultural product manager Stewart Gavin says farmyards have become an all too common target for thieves and FBD has recently reviewed its theft protection conditions in March.
“We listened to the concerns of our customers to avail of theft protection offered around theft of tools and theft of agricultural diesel extensions,” he explains.
Trailed farm implements
In October 2016, the Irish Farmers Journal reported on the theft of a plough worth €20,000 from Co Louth farmer John Hoey.
The five-furrow hydraulic Var-width Kverneland plough was stolen in the early hours of the morning from a field “in the middle of nowhere.”
The incident prompted many farmers to start thinking about whether their farm equipment is insured while left in a field and whether this type of cover is available.
Gavin says: “Yes, FBD’s tractor product provides the option to insure specified trailed agricultural implements.”
The most common farm implements for which cover is sought are trailers, slurry tanks and fertiliser spreaders, mowers, balers, trailed bowsers, rakes, toppers and ploughs.
“Cover options include both comprehensive and fire and theft, while theft under this option also includes theft from the open,” says Gavin.
Are boundary fences and all gates secure and intact?Are trees and bushes trimmed back to reduce cover around gates, the yard and farmhouse?Have you got exterior lighting?Have you got robust locks on sheds?On your house, are doors and windows fitted with robust locks, in working order?Is an alarm fitted to your house and/or sheds? Read more
Special focus: farm insurance
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