Marking your Farm Equipment & Tools – a cheap and effective farm security measure One straight forward farm security measure that is often over looked is the marking of your farm tools and equipment. If farm equipment is effectively marked it acts as an great deterrent to criminals targeting farms [...]

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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, and offices when they are [...]

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 felt it reflected the [...]

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 its tracks, if you [...]