Company staff said farmers are increasingly seeing fuel and other chemicals stolen, including 370 litres of pesticides taken from a farm in Norfolk said to be worth around ??20,000.In Northern Ireland, rural crime was up 15 per cent ??? costing an estimated ??3.9m in 2013 (up from ??3.4m in 2012).Livestock, tractors and tools are the most-targeted items in the Province.Martin Malone, NFU Mutual ma