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.

Pig Health and Welfare Council launches biennial report at the Great Yorkshire Show
Pig Health and Welfare Council launches biennial report at the Great Yorkshire Show

Valuable work around improving pig health and welfare in the UK has been highlighted in a new report launched on...

Royal Welsh: FUW sets out 2019 show agenda
Royal Welsh: FUW sets out 2019 show agenda

Some of Welsh farming’s most important topics are set to come under the spotlight as the Farmers’ Union of Wales...

Second £15 million Countryside Productivity fund opens in England
Second £15 million Countryside Productivity fund opens in England

The next funding round for the popular Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme has opened for applications today (Tuesday, July 9)....

Arla UK 360 farmers to trial new 3D imagery systems with automated intelligence
Arla UK 360 farmers to trial new 3D imagery systems with automated intelligence

3D imagery systems will be trialled by Arla UK 360 farmers to help them identify changes in each cow’s physical...

FUW to consult extensively on Welsh Government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme
FUW to consult extensively on Welsh Government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme

The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is planning to hold meetings during the summer and into the autumn to discuss...

Details of new Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme to be unveiled
Details of new Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme to be unveiled

Farm support in Wales will deliver a sustainable future for the industry and the environment, Minister for Environment, Energy and...

New Holstein UK president announced
New Holstein UK president announced

Welsh Master Breeder Bryan Thomas has been named as Holstein UK’s new president at the society’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday,...

Union calls for Scottish Government to make up LFASS 2019 shortfall
Union calls for Scottish Government to make up LFASS 2019 shortfall

NFU Scotland has written to the Scottish Government calling on it to act with “urgency and certainty” to plug the...

Industry fatality figures: 32 killed on UK farms in 2018-19
Industry fatality figures: 32 killed on UK farms in 2018-19

32 people lost their lives working on British farms over the last 12 months new figures released today show. The...

Farmer and vet team to take Redbull Soapbox Race by storm
Farmer and vet team to take Redbull Soapbox Race by storm

A daring team of two farmers and two farm vets, who say they are capable of making anything work with...

ForFarmers to weigh up Crewe site closure
ForFarmers to weigh up Crewe site closure

The UK arm of international agricultural feed firm ForFarmers UK has announced proposals to close its manufacturing site in Crewe...

Farm workers among victims freed in UK’s biggest modern slavery investigation
Farm workers among victims freed in UK’s biggest modern slavery investigation

A Polish slavery gang who trafficked up to 400 people to the West Midlands, forcing them to work for a...

£1.5 million poultry site investment to create 40 jobs
£1.5 million poultry site investment to create 40 jobs

Avara Foods, one of the UK’s largest poultry processing businesses, has invested over £1.5 million in improving and developing its...

Effective incentives ‘to be vital’ in Government’s net-zero push for farms
Effective incentives ‘to be vital’ in Government’s net-zero push for farms

Speaking at a farming and climate change conference hosted by the NFU and Sustainable Food Trust today (July 5), NFU...

Mexican commercial mission to explore British pork industry
Mexican commercial mission to explore British pork industry

Delegates from the Mexican livestock industry will learn about the UK’s pork sector when they arrive in the country this...

Bike thefts: Weekend raiders break into sheds and steal 4 quads in a night
Bike thefts: Weekend raiders break into sheds and steal 4 quads in a night

Farmers in Flintshire have become victims of a professional gang of quad bike thieves, with more than £15,000 of ATVs...

BYDV research for cereals to receive 3-year funding boost
BYDV research for cereals to receive 3-year funding boost

The management of virus-spreading aphids in winter cereal crops is the subject of a new AHDB research call. It forms...

Fane Valley to take over north-west feed mill business
Fane Valley to take over north-west feed mill business

Fane Valley Co-operative has struck a deal with Donegal Investment Group plc to acquire Irish compounder Robert Smyth & Sons...