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The Worst Episodes of Farm Crime

Every episode of Farm Crime ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Farm Crime!

Farm Crime is a true crime documentary series exploring the largely unseen dark side of Canada’s agriculture industry. Each episode examines a case that wouldn’t...
Genre:Documentary
Network:CBC Gem

Worst Episodes Summary

"Cattle Cops" is the worst rated episode of "Farm Crime". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Geoff Morrison and written by Geoff Morrison, it aired on 8/17/2018. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Hive Heist".

  • Cattle Cops
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    #1 - Cattle Cops

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/17/2018

    Walter Sunjtens’ family has been farming their east-central Alberta ranch since 1927 without incident. But when Walter and his wife returned from a vacation to find 50 of their cattle missing, they turned to a special RCMP unit for help, setting in motion the kind of investigation that requires both contemporary police tactics and old western know-how – a job fit only for the Cattle Cops.

    Director: Geoff Morrison

    Writer: Geoff Morrison

  • Hive Heist
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    #2 - Hive Heist

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/17/2018

    In Spring 2016, one of Quebec’s largest independent apiaries was robbed of 184 hives – over 5 million bees – valued at $200,000. The brazen crime sent shock waves through the beekeeping community and devastated the Labonté family, who have been producing honey in La Belle Province since 1937. Weaving the perspective of the Labontés, local media and court officials, the episode explores how one of Quebec’s most storied beekeeping families fell victim to the biggest bee theft in Canadian history.

    Director: Ryan J. Noth

    Writer: Ryan J. Noth

  • George of Green Gables
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    #3 - George of Green Gables

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/17/2018

    Over the course of more than three decades, George and Marlene Dowdle built a thriving family business together – a series of aquaculture leases that produce world-famous PEI oysters. But when Marlene is diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, the needs of their operation take a back seat to her treatment. While at her side in the hospital, George is stunned when a concerned friend calls to report a heist in progress on one of their oyster leases. Unwilling to leave Marlene, George alerts the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and enlists an associate to gather photographic evidence of the crime, leading to the first successful prosecution of oyster theft on Prince Edward Island.

    Director: Christina Carvalho

    Writer: Christina Carvalho

  • Pigeon Pincher
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    #4 - Pigeon Pincher

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/17/2018

    When an award-winning fancy pigeon keeper in B.C.’s Fraser Valley discovers his entire flock missing – over 300 fancy pigeons, cockatiels, canaries, and finches – he goes to the police and learns the region has recently been hit with a number of livestock thefts. Without immediate answers from law enforcement about the fate of his beloved birds, he relies on the old-school detective instincts of a close friend, as well as a more modern approach by a young fancier from his pigeon club, to discover if he’s just another victim in the rash of thefts, or if a rival breeder is behind the pigeon pinching.

    Director: Geoff Morrison

    Writer: Geoff Morrison

  • Black Market Butcher
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    #5 - Black Market Butcher

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/2018

    A rash of animal thefts targeting the burgeoning free range farming community in Cooks Brook, Nova Scotia is punctuated by a gruesome discovery – stolen pigs butchered in a secluded area of the very farm they were taken from. Meanwhile, a neighbouring farmer grapples with a crime just as brazen – the midnight theft of a quarter of her chicken flock from a barn located a stone’s throw from her sleeping child. With the volume of stolen meat far beyond what one person could consume, the victims reach out over social media. Who could have done this? Their search for justice is met with local support and unexpected results.

    Director: Victoria Lean

    Writer: Victoria Lean

  • #BlueberryBandit
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    #6 - #BlueberryBandit

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2018

    In February 2017, a group of thieves executed one of the biggest produce heists in Canadian history, stealing $100,000 worth of blueberries from a trucking yard in Hamilton. The yard’s owner/operator suffered not only an immediate hit to his bottom line, but was at risk of losing his insurance, and going out of business altogether. All this while facing the dwindling chances of recovering a perishable product that disappears quickly on the streets – a reality the police attempted to address with a new real-time strategy to track down the perpetrators.

    Director: Geoff Morrison

    Writer: Geoff Morrison

  • Invasion of the Murder Hornets
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    #7 - Invasion of the Murder Hornets

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2021

    Dedicated beekeepers in British Columbia discover the first “murder hornet” nest in North America, and wage war against the honeybee’s deadliest natural predator.

    Director: Kathleen S. Jayme

    Writer: Kathleen S. Jayme

  • The Million Dollar Baby Eel Deal
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    #8 - The Million Dollar Baby Eel Deal

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2021

    After hundreds of kilograms of baby eels turn up on the black market, fisheries officers launch a sting operation to break up the trafficking ring.

    Director: Stephanie Joline

    Writer: Stephanie Joline

  • Missing Mare
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    #9 - Missing Mare

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/1/2021

    Struck by illness, an Ontario woman entrusts the care of her beloved horses to another horse owner, but when she goes to retrieve the animals, they’re nowhere to be found.

    Director: Alexandra Lazarowich

    Writer: Alexandra Lazarowich

  • Canola Caper
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    #10 - Canola Caper

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2021

    A determined mountie and innovative grain scientist team up to investigate a string of suspicious canola sales, and build a case against a notorious suspect.

    Director: Maya Annik Bedward

    Writer: Maya Annik Bedward

  • The Lobster Looting at Long Cove
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    #11 - The Lobster Looting at Long Cove

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2021

    While a Nova Scotia lobster fisherman rings in the New Year, thieves make him the next victim in a growing rash of lobster thefts.

    Director: Geoff Morrison

    Writer: Geoff Morrison

  • My Father’s Horses
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    #12 - My Father’s Horses

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2021

    When a Nakoda Elder discovers three of his beloved paint horses missing, he turns to his daughter, who has her own unique connection to the animals, for help.

    Director: Conor McNally

    Writer: Conor McNally

  • The Cedar Culprit
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    #13 - The Cedar Culprit

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/3/2023

    When Guardians from the Wei Wai Kum First Nation discover evidence of timber poaching in their territory, they sound the alarm to protect the remaining old growth and bring the poachers to justice.

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  • The Pigeon Ponzi
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    #14 - The Pigeon Ponzi

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/2023

    An entrepreneurial farmer known as the Pigeon King comes up with a proposal for farmers to make money by breeding pigeons, but investigative journalists suspect his deal may be too good to be true.

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  • Fate of the Feral Rabbits
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    #15 - Fate of the Feral Rabbits

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2023

    An infamous colony of rescued rabbits from the University of Victoria face execution after they escape from their sanctuary onto a nearby farm, putting themselves and the farmer in the crosshairs.

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  • The Farmer & the Fraudster
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    #16 - The Farmer & the Fraudster

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2023

    Following a string of bad cheques across Alberta and Saskatchewan, an RCMP Livestock Investigator must pin down a prolific fraudster and deliver justice to the farmers who were deceived.

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  • Sabotaged Spuds from the Bright Red Mud
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    #17 - Sabotaged Spuds from the Bright Red Mud

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2023

    When sewing needles start turning up in world-famous Prince Edward Island potatoes, the island’s farmers, industry leaders and RCMP race to catch the culprits before they strike again.

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  • Shropshire Sheep Scandal
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    #18 - Shropshire Sheep Scandal

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2023

    Ontario shepherd Montana Jones fights to protect her flock of rare Shropshire sheep from a government agency that alleges the animals are diseased - until the sheep mysteriously vanish in the night.

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