Michelle Martin

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Michelle Martin graduated from Dublin City University (DCU) with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, and previously worked for well-known names in the Irish media sector. In 2018 she moved to New York where she was responsible for public relations, social media, and communications at a fast-growing start-up. Michelle is a native of the Royal County and still believes in the Oxford comma.

CO2 crisis may affect farmers directly in less than 11 days
CO2 crisis may affect farmers directly in less than 11 days

The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has warned that gas stocks at processors could run out in less than 11...

Farming is the UK’s second most dangerous industry
Farming is the UK’s second most dangerous industry

Farming is the UK’s second most dangerous industry, according the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) workplace fatality data analysed in...

2021 Food and Drink Federation Awards winners announced
2021 Food and Drink Federation Awards winners announced

The winners of the 2021 Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards were announced at The Royal Lancaster in London last...

Holstein UK Premier Herd award winners 2021
Holstein UK Premier Herd award winners 2021

The Holstein UK Premier Herd awards have concluded, with first place this year going to the Davlea herd from the...

21-year-old farmer killed in Co. Antrim incident
21-year-old farmer killed in Co. Antrim incident

A man in his twenties has died in incident, believed to have involved a tractor, in Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, the...

Cabinet reshuffle: Johnson trades Truss for Trevelyan
Cabinet reshuffle: Johnson trades Truss for Trevelyan

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has swapped Liz Truss for Anne-Marie Trevelyan as the new Secretary of State for International Trade,...

NFU Scotland urges members to undertake voluntary towing training
NFU Scotland urges members to undertake voluntary towing training

National Farmer’s Union (NFU) Scotland has advised its members to undertake voluntary towing training to minimise the risk of accidents...

Preston teenager killed in tractor-motorbike road collision
Preston teenager killed in tractor-motorbike road collision

A teenager has died following a collision with a tractor on Preston road in Grimsargh, Lanchashire, yesterday night (September 13)....

66% of UK sheep farms test positive for fertility-affecting parasite
66% of UK sheep farms test positive for fertility-affecting parasite

Data taken from 375 UK sheep farms shows that 66.4% of units had one or more ewes testing positive for...

Farmers’ views sought on post-Brexit food labelling standards
Farmers’ views sought on post-Brexit food labelling standards

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking input on new labelling standards for produce now that...

UK to lead international food network tackling global obesity
UK to lead international food network tackling global obesity

The UK has been chosen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to lead an international network established to tackle global...

Government announces new measures to ‘ramp up’ HGV driver testing
Government announces new measures to ‘ramp up’ HGV driver testing

In an effort to tackle the current UK-wide HGV driver shortage, new measures have been added to driver testing, allowing...

Geronimo: BVA president backs vets in alpaca argument
Geronimo: BVA president backs vets in alpaca argument

British Veterinary Association (BVA) president James Russell has come to the side of the vets who undertook the post-mortem examination...

Yorkshire man jailed for 6 breaches of animal protection order
Yorkshire man jailed for 6 breaches of animal protection order

A man who has been found in breach of an animal protection court order six times has been jailed, North...

Jeremy Clarkson to meet locals over Diddly Squat debate
Jeremy Clarkson to meet locals over Diddly Squat debate

Jeremy Clarkson, TV presenter and star of the hit farming show Clarkson’s Farm, is hosting a Q&A session for the...

Southwest sees 3 farm fires in 3 days
Southwest sees 3 farm fires in 3 days

Fire crews in the southwest have been called to three serparate farm fires over the past week (September 3-5). The...

Geronimo’s post-mortem confirms ‘TB-like’ lesions
Geronimo’s post-mortem confirms ‘TB-like’ lesions

Chief veterinary officer Dr. Christine Middlemiss has confirmed signs of TB in the well-known alpaca, Geronimo, after completing its post-mortem....

Sturgeon’s programme for government 21/22 aims for a ‘greener Scotland’
Sturgeon’s programme for government 21/22 aims for a ‘greener Scotland’

In the 2021 to 2022 Scottish programme for government, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out to aim for a...