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.

Committee puts pressure on supermarkets’ supplier payment practices
Committee puts pressure on supermarkets’ supplier payment practices

The chairman of the UK Parliament’s Business Committee has piled pressure on some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets over their...

£10,000 worth of agricultural chemicals stolen from Aberdeenshire farm
£10,000 worth of agricultural chemicals stolen from Aberdeenshire farm

Police in Scotland are appealing for information relating to the theft of £10,000 worth of agricultural chemicals from a farm...

Red meat industry urged to do more to communicate with public
Red meat industry urged to do more to communicate with public

Scottish red meat industry workers and producers have been urged to support upcoming marketing campaigns by seizing every opportunity to...

New partnership launched to tackle Ayrshire rural crime
New partnership launched to tackle Ayrshire rural crime

Organisations have joined together to tackle the blight rural crime increasingly causes for farmers in Ayrshire. The Ayrshire Partnership Against...

Business opportunities to top agenda at UK’s largest organic farm event
Business opportunities to top agenda at UK’s largest organic farm event

The largest UK organic on-farm event, OF&G National Organic Combinable Crops (NOCC), will take place this year on July 3 at...

New video highlights careers in agronomy and the role of crop protection
New video highlights careers in agronomy and the role of crop protection

A new educational video, recorded by the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC), aims to highlight the role crop...

Original performances impress judges at NFYFC’s Performing Arts final
Original performances impress judges at NFYFC’s Performing Arts final

An original script and handmade costumes helped Eardisley YFC steal the show at The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs’...

Cornish mixed farm becomes latest to join Monitor Farm network
Cornish mixed farm becomes latest to join Monitor Farm network

Cornish farmer Ashley Jones has been selected as one of the latest to join the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s...

Nithsdale Monitor Farm opens its gates for Open Farm Sunday
Nithsdale Monitor Farm opens its gates for Open Farm Sunday

The Marchant family, who run Clonhie Farm, the Nithsdale Monitor farm, near Thornhill, are looking forward to welcoming visitors for...

Lamb losses a threat as warm weather causes Nematodirus and roundworm spike
Lamb losses a threat as warm weather causes Nematodirus and roundworm spike

Wet weather followed by a sudden increase in temperature is causing a high Nematodirus and roundworm risk on farms nationwide,...

Working for waders: Bringing wading birds back to Scottish farmland
Working for waders: Bringing wading birds back to Scottish farmland

Soil Association Scotland is inviting farmers and land managers to a free event at Threepwood Farm, Galashiels, on Thursday, June...

Galloway deer farmer granted Biosphere Certification
Galloway deer farmer granted Biosphere Certification

Eight Scottish businesses from a range of industries including food, tourism, forestry, horticulture and publishing have now been recognised for...

May departure: Farming’s reaction to PM’s resignation
May departure: Farming’s reaction to PM’s resignation

The UK’s farming bodies have warned May’s resignation means yet more uncertainty and a return to the possibility of a...

10 new varieties added to 2019 Recommended Grass and Clover Lists
10 new varieties added to 2019 Recommended Grass and Clover Lists

Eight new varieties of ryegrass and one red and one white clover have been added to the 2019-2020 Recommended Grass...

Welsh pig industry heading towards more but smaller herds
Welsh pig industry heading towards more but smaller herds

Wales’ pig industry is moving towards a larger number of smaller herds, according to an industry update. Hybu Cig Cymru...

Firefighters say Cambridgeshire shed fire was started deliberately
Firefighters say Cambridgeshire shed fire was started deliberately

Firefighters have said a blaze which destroyed an estimated 100t of straw and machinery in Cambridgeshire was started deliberately. It...

Union calls for ’emergency measures’ to tackle Wales’ agricultural plastic backlog
Union calls for ’emergency measures’ to tackle Wales’ agricultural plastic backlog

The Farmers’ Union of Wales says emergency measures are needed to help farmers recycle the thousands of tonnes of bale...

NFU Cymru plans events for tenant farmers
NFU Cymru plans events for tenant farmers

NFU Cymru has arranged two events for tenant farmers to consider Welsh Government Agricultural Tenancy Reform proposals. The events will...