Pest Control for Agriculture & Farming

Farm assurance schemes including Red Tractor, RSPCA Assured, and organic certification bodies all require documented pest management programmes. This includes written pest control policies, records of all monitoring visits and treatments, bait station maps, and evidence that recommendations have been acted upon.

Our farm pest management service provides all the documentation your assurance scheme requires, with regular visits at intervals matched to your risk level and the time of year.

Rodent control in grain stores, feed stores, and silage clamps is essential for livestock health, grain quality, and assurance compliance. Rats and mice contaminate stored products with droppings, urine, and gnawing damage, and can render entire batches unsaleable.

Our grain store programmes include perimeter baiting, internal monitoring, proofing advice, and pre-harvest preparation treatments. For severe infestations, fumigation can clear large storage facilities effectively.

Rabbit control prevents crop damage, grassland degradation, and undermining of boundaries and banks. We provide ongoing rabbit management programmes using approved methods including ferreting, shooting, and trapping.

Mole control prevents soil contamination of silage and maintains safe grazing areas. Deer management protects crops, woodland, and fencing from browsing damage. Fox deterrence protects poultry and livestock.

All wildlife management is carried out in compliance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and other relevant legislation.

Pigeons, starlings, and corvids cause significant damage to crops and stored grain. Bird control on farms includes proofing of grain stores and livestock buildings, deterrent systems for crop protection, and management of roosting birds in farm buildings.

We provide practical solutions that work within the farm environment, balancing effective bird management with environmental and legal requirements.

Farm pest pressures vary with the seasons:

• Autumn and winter: Rodent activity peaks as rats and mice move into farm buildings for shelter. Pre-harvest grain store preparation is essential.
• Spring: Rabbit breeding increases damage pressure. Mole activity peaks on grassland.
• Summer: Stored product insects become active in warm grain stores. Fly control in livestock buildings is important for animal welfare.

Our programmes are adjusted throughout the year to address these seasonal patterns.

We provide farm pest control across the North East, including rural areas around Darlington, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Durham, Sunderland, and Newcastle. We cover farms, estates, and rural businesses across the region.

Agriculture and farming is part of our wider public and specialist pest control programme, which also covers churches, heritage sites, and other specialist environments.