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.

New post created to manage NFU Scotland’s policy team
New post created to manage NFU Scotland’s policy team

NFU Scotland has appointed Gemma Cooper as the head of its policy team, a newly created post at the union. Ms....

New ‘hub’ to encourage farmers to start up joint ventures
New ‘hub’ to encourage farmers to start up joint ventures

A new ‘hub’ is set to be launched next week to allow farmers to set up a connection to go...

First Milk announces December milk price hold as production stays on track
First Milk announces December milk price hold as production stays on track

First Milk has today announced that its milk price for December 2018 will be held at 28.5p/L for the liquid...

600,000 watch on as #BackBritishFarming parades the streets of London
600,000 watch on as #BackBritishFarming parades the streets of London

National Farmers Union members and eight young farmers joined the Worshipful Company of Farmers, Massey Ferguson, Red Tractor and Surrey...

Tenfold increase in Scottish meat spend in Edinburgh schools
Tenfold increase in Scottish meat spend in Edinburgh schools

New figures show more than a tenfold increase in spending on Scottish meat by local authorities holding the Food for...

Time-running out to use treated seeds
Time-running out to use treated seeds

Time is running out to use up the last remaining stocks of seeds treated with a banned fungicide Thiram. The ban...

Win on sheep splitting rules ‘could save industry millions’
Win on sheep splitting rules ‘could save industry millions’

After years of industry campaigning, Defra has confirmed plans to use a fixed cut-off date of June 30 to age...

UK’s Newcastle Disease risk status lowered
UK’s Newcastle Disease risk status lowered

British officials have been able to lower the risk status of a highly infectious poultry disease entering the UK. The...

Farmers warned to watch out for fraudsters trying to swindle Basic Payment
Farmers warned to watch out for fraudsters trying to swindle Basic Payment

With the Basic Payment Scheme due to be paid in early December, the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is warning...

Has your farm got the 8 success ‘x-factors?’
Has your farm got the 8 success ‘x-factors?’

A new report, released by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), AHDB and Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has...

AHDB seeks farmer views on data-sharing code of practice
AHDB seeks farmer views on data-sharing code of practice

UK farmers are being asked for their views to help shape a code of practice to promote the safe sharing of...

Several suspected stolen quads recovered in Lancashire raid
Several suspected stolen quads recovered in Lancashire raid

A ‘day of action’ aimed at targeting travelling criminals who commit rural crime has been hailed as a success as...

UK’s newest monitor farm unveiled
UK’s newest monitor farm unveiled

Cow comfort is a top priority at AHDB’s latest strategic dairy farm – Carpenter’s Farm near Chippenham in Wiltshire. The...

TB: Compulsory insurance and an end to compensation on the cards
TB: Compulsory insurance and an end to compensation on the cards

A review of the Government’s 25-year bovine TB strategy includes recommendations to scrap compensation and give farmers more information when buying...

Aberdeenshire man was second brother to be killed in a farming accident
Aberdeenshire man was second brother to be killed in a farming accident

A 47-year-old Aberdeenshire man who was killed over the weekend is the second in his family to have died in...

Avoid Harm on the Farm 2019 safety poster winners announced
Avoid Harm on the Farm 2019 safety poster winners announced

More than 3,500 children from 98 Northern Ireland schools put pens, pencils and crayons to paper over the last few months to...

Avoid Harm on the Farm 2019 safety poster winners announced
Avoid Harm on the Farm 2019 safety poster winners announced

More than 3,500 children from 98 Northern Ireland schools put pens, pencils and crayons to paper over the last few months to...

Beef Shorthorn females achieve new 11,000gns Skipton record
Beef Shorthorn females achieve new 11,000gns Skipton record

Beef Shorthorn females met an exceptional demand from a packed ringside selling to 11,000gns a new centre breed record at...