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.

DAERA to form NI animal health group to tackle antimicrobial resistance
DAERA to form NI animal health group to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Officials in Northern Ireland plan to launch a new AMR Animal Health stakeholder group to help get the industry onside with...

Scots industry urged to back ‘Meat with Integrity’ campaign
Scots industry urged to back ‘Meat with Integrity’ campaign

A new campaign is enlisting the help of farmers, crofters and others working in the industry to raise awareness of...

Tesco weighing up challenge of cost for Scottish egg producers
Tesco weighing up challenge of cost for Scottish egg producers

Plans are underway at Tesco to convert its entire UK egg supply to barn and free-range as the supermarket giant...

220 vet nurses welcomed to profession at London Zoo ceremonies
220 vet nurses welcomed to profession at London Zoo ceremonies

Over 220 new veterinary nurses were welcomed to the profession at a series of ceremonies at the Zoological Society of London....

Brexit could lead to UK farmers paying more for key inputs, co-op warns
Brexit could lead to UK farmers paying more for key inputs, co-op warns

Brexit could reduce competition within the agricultural supply sector and ultimately lead to UK farming businesses paying more for the...

Farmer fined after worker dies from roof fall
Farmer fined after worker dies from roof fall

A farmer has been fined following a worker’s fatal fall through the fragile roof of a milking parlour. Mold Magistrates’...

New code published to encourage NI farmers to reduce ammonia emissions
New code published to encourage NI farmers to reduce ammonia emissions

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published extensive guide into how the region’s farmers can...

New code published to encourage NI farmers to reduce ammonia emissions
New code published to encourage NI farmers to reduce ammonia emissions

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published extensive guide into how the region’s farmers can...

Number of UK farmers benchmarking doubled since 2018
Number of UK farmers benchmarking doubled since 2018

Four out of five UK farmers are now actively recording their costs according to the results of AHDB’s annual Monitor...

Fence post shortage causes delays to Environmental Farming Scheme
Fence post shortage causes delays to Environmental Farming Scheme

A shortage of suitable stock-proof fence posts has prevented some Northern Ireland Environmental Farming Scheme participants from meeting the programme’s...

Worrying: Calls for jail time to be made available to judges
Worrying: Calls for jail time to be made available to judges

NFU Scotland has called for lawmakers to allow judges to hand down prison sentences in order to punish the most...

Industry makes calls for new Northern Ireland agri-food marketing body
Industry makes calls for new Northern Ireland agri-food marketing body

The managing director of one of the region’s biggest meat processors has called for Northern Ireland to have its own...

Industry makes calls for new Northern Ireland agri-food marketing body
Industry makes calls for new Northern Ireland agri-food marketing body

The managing director of one of the region’s biggest meat processors has called for Northern Ireland to have its own...

M&S award recognises best of Northern Irish agriculture
M&S award recognises best of Northern Irish agriculture

A Co. Fermanagh beef farmer has scooped a major excellence award recognising his dedicated and detailed approach to his business...

M&S awards recognise best of Northern Irish agriculture
M&S awards recognise best of Northern Irish agriculture

A Co. Fermanagh beef farmer has scooped a major excellence award recognising his dedicated and detailed approach to his business...

M&S awards recognise best of Northern Irish agriculture
M&S awards recognise best of Northern Irish agriculture

A Co. Fermanagh beef farmer has scooped a major excellence award recognising his dedicated and detailed approach to his business...

Paramedic: ‘Don’t put the farm work above your own health’
Paramedic: ‘Don’t put the farm work above your own health’

One of the UK’s highest honoured air ambulance paramedics has spoken of his admiration for Northern Ireland’s farming community –...

NFU: General licences must meet needs of farm businesses
NFU: General licences must meet needs of farm businesses

The NFU has called on Secretary of State Michael Gove to provide the farming industry with urgent access to general...