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Dairy farmer receives noise complaint for reversing JCB beeper

The complaint was made from someone living several miles away from the farm

Rachael Brown
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Dairy farmer receives noise complaint for reversing JCB beeper

A farmer was left feeling frustrated after somebody complained about a reversing beeper on a JCB loading shovel during silaging.Ìý

Steve Evans, who runs a family dairy farm in Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire shared his annoyance on social media after he said someone from the council had visited the farm to let him know that a noise complaint had been made.Ìý

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