#Ploughing16: IFA set to launch a home and farm security checklist

A checklist to help farmers assess and improve their farm and home security will be launched at the ploughing championships.

Developed by the Irish Farmers’ Association, it poses questions on a number of farm security aspects, and offers tips and advice on how to improve it. Topics covered will include home, livestock, land, vehicles, outhouses, tools, machinery and fuel security.

More than 28,642 farm-related crime incidents have been reported to gardaí since 2010, according to the latest Central Statistic Office (CSO) figures.