Rachel Martin

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Rachel Martin specialises in writing about agri-business, food production and dairying. Previously she worked as a business reporter at one of Northern Ireland’s biggest daily newspapers. In 2017, she was named one of IFAJ's 10 Young Leaders in Agricultural Journalism. She is currently secretary of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Northern Ireland. When she’s not writing, Rachel can usually be found in the milking parlour at home in Co. Down with her family's 130 cows.

Vigilance key to tackling BYDV post-neonicotinoids
Vigilance key to tackling BYDV post-neonicotinoids

Trials are taking place into new technology to alert cereal growers to the earliest signs aphids in a bid to prevent...

Royal Welsh: FUW raises major farming concerns to Secretaries of State
Royal Welsh: FUW raises major farming concerns to Secretaries of State

The potential impact of a No-deal Brexit was just one of the issues raised during a meeting between the Farmers’...

British agriculture reacts to Boris’ election as the UK’s next Prime Minister
British agriculture reacts to Boris’ election as the UK’s next Prime Minister

Figures from across agriculture called on the new Prime Minister to focus on stability and to avoid playing ‘populist politics’ as he...

Love Lamb Week gains backing from £1.4 million campaign
Love Lamb Week gains backing from £1.4 million campaign

Love Lamb Week 2019 will kickstart the second phase of AHDB’s £1.4 million lamb marketing campaign, which highlights its delicious...

Study finds clubroot is patchy, diverse and requires targeted treatment
Study finds clubroot is patchy, diverse and requires targeted treatment

A tailored plan is required to contain the spread of clubroot and sustain the production of important brassica crop species...

NFU Cymru president to outline ‘No-deal’ fears in letter to new PM
NFU Cymru president to outline ‘No-deal’ fears in letter to new PM

NFU Cymru president John Davies will write to the new Prime Minister this week to underline the ‘serious threat’ a...

Prince heads to Royal Welsh Show to hear about sustainable farming the ‘Welsh Way’
Prince heads to Royal Welsh Show to hear about sustainable farming the ‘Welsh Way’

As part of his visit to the opening day of the Royal Welsh Show, His Royal Highness the Prince of...

UK farming unions outline measures needed to address beef price crisis
UK farming unions outline measures needed to address beef price crisis

The presidents of four of the main UK farming unions have met at the 100th Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd,...

WATCH: Scottish tourist board sends Highland Cow into space
WATCH: Scottish tourist board sends Highland Cow into space

Forget flying pigs, a plucky little Highland Cow has just become the world’s first ‘coosmonaut’ after being launched into space...

Royal Welsh: HCC chair warns industry of ‘disastrous’ No-deal lamb price fall
Royal Welsh: HCC chair warns industry of ‘disastrous’ No-deal lamb price fall

New research shows that Welsh lamb farmers could face a 24% drop in market prices caused by a near wipeout...

Two senior appointments announced for the CLA
Two senior appointments announced for the CLA

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has made two senior appointments with Judicaelle Hammond joining as director of policy...

Agri-tech start-up named among UK’s top ‘ones to watch’
Agri-tech start-up named among UK’s top ‘ones to watch’

Digital farming and weather start-up Sencrop has been named by tech-tracking index Crunchdex as ‘one to watch’ amongst European technology...

Third of rural police forces lack a dedicated strategy to combat rural crime
Third of rural police forces lack a dedicated strategy to combat rural crime

New analysis by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), has revealed that police forces across England and Wales are...

3 in 5 farm vets report being injured on the job in the last year
3 in 5 farm vets report being injured on the job in the last year

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging farmers and veterinarians to develop robust on-farm health and safety procedures after it...

Inspirational farms in the running for top education awards
Inspirational farms in the running for top education awards

Nine British farms and farming organisations have been shortlisted for awards recognising their work educating young people about food and...

Parliamentary Committee finds Scottish dog control laws ‘not fit for purpose’
Parliamentary Committee finds Scottish dog control laws ‘not fit for purpose’

NFU Scotland has welcomed a report from an influential parliamentary committee that scrutinised the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010...

NFU transforms London school into farm
NFU transforms London school into farm

Children at an urban primary school in the centre of London got the chance to delve into life as a...

New study provides insight into Brexit impacts for beef and lamb sectors
New study provides insight into Brexit impacts for beef and lamb sectors

A new report released this week has revealed the full extent of Brexit’s potential implications for British beef and lamb...