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Protecting, insuring and recovering GPS systems - everything you need to know
Peter Thomas Keaveney
Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks to manufacturers and suppliers of GPS guidance systems about insuring and protecting them, and what’s best to do if a unit has been stolen.
21 February 2024 News
Exclusive: almost as many GPS units stolen so far this year than all of 2023
The Irish Farmers Journal can reveal that there have been almost as many GPS guidance systems stolen in Ireland in the first six weeks of 2024 than there has been in the 12 months of 2023.
20 February 2024 News
PSNI investigating 63 sheep stolen in two Derry thefts
Most recently, 13 Suffolk-cross-Texel in-lamb ewes were taken from a field at the junction of the Kilcreen and Altinure roads.
GPS equipment worth €250,000 stolen in 10-day nationwide farm crime spree
The thefts of GPS guidance equipment continue to worsen, with farmers and contractors targeted in Cork, Dublin and Meath in recent weeks, which follows a growing trend right across Europe.
14 February 2024 News
Stolen tailer alert for Armagh
A stolen trailer may be offered to farmers, builders or plant operators.
27 December 2023 Dealer
Wexford trailer fraud warning
Farmers, plant hire operators and builders are asked to keep an eye out for a trailer - that was fraudulently obtained - being offered for sale.
25 December 2023 News
‘The role of the contractor is massively important on every farm’- McConalogue
At the 2023 FCI conference, contractors were looking at the future farming landscape, gaining insights in future fuels, the business in overseas and other hot topics.
13 December 2023 News