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.

First Milk to introduce major changes to members’ payment system
First Milk to introduce major changes to members’ payment system

First Milk has today announced a series of changes to its capital structure that will see the introduction of a...

UFU among 21 NI industry bodies writing to May over Brexit labour concerns
UFU among 21 NI industry bodies writing to May over Brexit labour concerns

Farming organisations are among a group of 21 Northern Ireland business organisations who have penned a letter to the Prime...

Could you have what it takes to win the 2018 Wales Livestock Champion Award?
Could you have what it takes to win the 2018 Wales Livestock Champion Award?

NFU Cymru and NFU Mutual are launching the search to find the best livestock person working within the agricultural industry...

Waste-reducing food imaging start-up wins World Agri-Tech Pitch Day
Waste-reducing food imaging start-up wins World Agri-Tech Pitch Day

An American agri-tech start-up has beaten more than 100 international entrants to win the first Tesco Agri T-Jam, hosted at...

New QMS chairman to tour Scotland to gather industry views
New QMS chairman to tour Scotland to gather industry views

Quality Meat Scotland’s new chairman Kate Rowell is spending her first few weeks in post travelling Scotland to hear from...

Muller completes Dairy Crest integration and maps out strategy for growth
Muller completes Dairy Crest integration and maps out strategy for growth

Muller’s UK chief executive Patrick Muller has confirmed completion of Britain’s largest ever dairy industry integration, as he set out...

2 new reps to join British Limousin management council
2 new reps to join British Limousin management council

The British Limousin Cattle Society (BLCS) has welcomed two new representatives onto its Council of Management. Richard Bartle (pictured above)...

Welsh ambition for growth to take centre stage 2018 NFU Cymru conference
Welsh ambition for growth to take centre stage 2018 NFU Cymru conference

One of Wales’ farming unions has said it has ambitions for the country’s agriculture to become a bigger player internationally....

North Wales TB testing to be ramped up following ‘unprecedented increase’
North Wales TB testing to be ramped up following ‘unprecedented increase’

The TB testing regime in North Wales is set to be ramped up in herds with contact with those infected...

Arla unveils new ‘sustainable’ farming standards model for suppliers
Arla unveils new ‘sustainable’ farming standards model for suppliers

One of the UK’s largest dairy co-operatives has announced a new sustainability-focused programme for its suppliers. The programme, which has...

Advisory body to lay out fate of post-Brexit farm support
Advisory body to lay out fate of post-Brexit farm support

A newly-formed independent panel is set to look at how funding supports the needs of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern...

NEWBIE award to highlight Europe’s best new farmers
NEWBIE award to highlight Europe’s best new farmers

An innovation-focused award is opening this autumn to UK farmers, crofters and smallholders, as part of a range of opportunities...

MPs call for ‘rural roaming’ to connect the countryside to 4G
MPs call for ‘rural roaming’ to connect the countryside to 4G

A cross-party group of MPs is today recommending the introduction of a single rural mobile phone network to help boost...

New head appointed for rural business organisation
New head appointed for rural business organisation

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has appointed a new director general to oversee the running of the 30,000-strong organisation...

Alice enters wonderland with new Hereford centre record
Alice enters wonderland with new Hereford centre record

The female trade flew at the Hereford Cattle Society’s autumn show and sale with a new market record set for...

£7 million awarded to build animal vaccine research centre
£7 million awarded to build animal vaccine research centre

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded £7 million to support the creation of an industry-leading veterinary vaccinology and...

Praise for officers who responded swiftly to farm fire
Praise for officers who responded swiftly to farm fire

Two Cumbrian police officers have been praised for their swift action and bravery after they woke a farming family to...

US breeding system boosts profitability…in rural Northern Ireland
US breeding system boosts profitability…in rural Northern Ireland

A group of around 35 vets and farmers attended an informative event hosted by MSD Animal Health at Billy O’Kane’s...