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Datatag warn farmers of the rise in theft
Datatag has issued a warning to farmers concerning the rise in rural crime highlighted by the Met Police’s Plant and
Agricultural Intelligent Unit (PANIU) in a recent report.
onger winter
nights mean it’s
more important
than ever to
improve farm
security to protect
machinery, livestock and farm
equipment from thieves. Insurance
provider NFU Mutual is advising
farmers to upgrade security
measures following a recent spike
in farm theft claims in parts of the
UK.
Thefts of high-value tractors,
mostly from arable farms in the
Eastern counties of England, are
the most expensive claims, but
NFU Mutual is also seeing
increasing numbers of medium
sized tractors, quad bikes and
utility vehicles and Land Rover
Defenders being stolen.
Thefts are carried out by both
professional and opportunistic
criminals on a daily basis with over
£1m worth of equipment stolen
every week. The impact on farms
is not limited to the cost of the theft
itself as consequential loss of
production and income can soon
exceed that. It’s therefore vital
farmers do everything they can to
keep the criminals at bay.
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Datatag ID Limited is the
number one provider of security
registration systems, including the
official Construction Equipment
Security and Registration (CESAR)
Scheme for equipment. CESAR
marking for large and small
agricultural equipment is
supported by the majority of major
insurers, as a powerful deterrent.
Major insurer’s support the
adoption of the CESAR Scheme
and offer insurance premium
discounts of up 25% on all CESAR
marked equipment. Recently John
Deere has adopted CESAR as
standard on all of their Gator
models. John Deere tractors are
already protected by CESAR. The
CESAR security system is made
up of state of the art Datatag
technology including
transponders, RFID tags and nondestruct warning labels with
unique registration numbers.
CESAR has been proven, since
its launch in 2007, to be both a
deterrent against theft and as an
invaluable aid in recovery. CESAR
has contributed to a 70%+
reduction in the theft of equipment.
2016 saw the 225,000th CESAR
registered machine, a New
Holland combine, that belongs to
TV personality and BBC
Countryfile presenter Adam
Henson.
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