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.

British dairy plans biggest ever presence at this year’s SIAL
British dairy plans biggest ever presence at this year’s SIAL

Cheese and other dairy products from the UK will have its biggest presence ever at the world’s largest annual food innovation...

Emergency sugar beet neonicotinoid applications rejected
Emergency sugar beet neonicotinoid applications rejected

The UK Government has refused two applications made to use neonicotinoid products as seed treatments for sugar beet. The applications...

Meat the Market: Could poor presentation be wiping value off your stock?
Meat the Market: Could poor presentation be wiping value off your stock?

Livestock farmers in Scotland are invited to attend a series of ‘Meat the Market’ meetings to help them boost their...

Further £30 million granted for scheme to help farmers boost productivity
Further £30 million granted for scheme to help farmers boost productivity

Further rounds of funding for a popular small grants scheme which helps farmers buy equipment to boost productivity and increase...

Producer groups’ funding to continue until end of Parliament
Producer groups’ funding to continue until end of Parliament

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) welcomes the announcement from Defra that producer organisations will continue to be funded until the end...

Research highlights water trading opportunities
Research highlights water trading opportunities

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and Cranfield University have produced a joint report that identifies opportunities for water trading as...

Welsh nuclear firm offers local farmers short of winter fodder free bales
Welsh nuclear firm offers local farmers short of winter fodder free bales

A Welsh nuclear energy firm is offering a helping hand to farmers on Anglesey who are short of winter fodder...

NI farm machinery firm creates 34 jobs while investing £4 million in factory
NI farm machinery firm creates 34 jobs while investing £4 million in factory

Northern Irish machinery implements manufacturer Fleming Agri Products has announced it will take on 34 new staff as it makes...

Cornish farmer banned for life after animals were found ‘drowning in muck’
Cornish farmer banned for life after animals were found ‘drowning in muck’

A Cornwall farmer responsible for one of the worst cases of animal neglect seen by a judge has been banned...

Yorkshire couple banned from selling farm machinery
Yorkshire couple banned from selling farm machinery

The East Riding couple behind QF Tractors has been banned from selling tractors and agricultural machinery to members of the public...

Faked TB test puts reputation of ‘entire cattle industry at risk’
Faked TB test puts reputation of ‘entire cattle industry at risk’

The Ulster Farmers’ Union has weighed in on Northern Ireland’s first ever TB fraud conviction, describing the incident as the...

What impact will the hot summer have had on your cows’ feet?
What impact will the hot summer have had on your cows’ feet?

The hot, dry weather of the summer and lower than normal feed quality have the potential to cause greater lameness...

Farmers urged to take care on World Mental Health Day
Farmers urged to take care on World Mental Health Day

Farmers across the UK have been reminded to speak to those around them and to avoid bottling up their feelings...

2 farmers wanted to help shape the future of the UK’s sheep industry
2 farmers wanted to help shape the future of the UK’s sheep industry

Two farmer representatives from England and one from Wales are sought for SHAWG, a sheep industry group, to help shape the...

2018 one of the lowest risk years for wheat bulb fly recorded
2018 one of the lowest risk years for wheat bulb fly recorded

This year has been one of the lowest-risk years for wheat bulb fly since monitoring began, according to the final...

New guide launched to help growers test for PCN
New guide launched to help growers test for PCN

AHDB Potatoes has launched a new guide to help growers test for Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) – a pest that...

Yorkshire ag college launches £650,000 precision farming training project
Yorkshire ag college launches £650,000 precision farming training project

A Yorkshire agricultural college has launched a £650,000 project to train a generation of tech-savvy precision farming pioneers. Bishop Burton College,...

Limousin Society to double number of genetic evaluations
Limousin Society to double number of genetic evaluations

The British Limousin Cattle Society has announced it will double the number of genetic evaluations it carries out each year...