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.

CAFRE to host virtual open days as NI ramps up Covid measures
CAFRE to host virtual open days as NI ramps up Covid measures

Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced plans to run a series of virtual open...

Cost of farm fires up by £1 million in Northern Ireland
Cost of farm fires up by £1 million in Northern Ireland

Rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging farmers to check their fire precautions and have emergency plans in place, as the...

LMC launches 8-week ‘Truth About Beef’ campaign
LMC launches 8-week ‘Truth About Beef’ campaign

The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) has this week launched a new campaign to highlight the environmental and health credentials of...

Cost of farm fires up by £1 million in Northern Ireland
Cost of farm fires up by £1 million in Northern Ireland

Rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging farmers to check their fire precautions and have emergency plans in place, as the...

Lapsers: Social influencers to blame as 26% plan to reduce red meat consumption
Lapsers: Social influencers to blame as 26% plan to reduce red meat consumption

More than one in four Northern Ireland adults say they plan to eat less red meat because of social media...

Lapsers: Social influencers to blame as 26% plan to reduce red meat consumption
Lapsers: Social influencers to blame as 26% plan to reduce red meat consumption

More than one in four Northern Ireland adults say they plan to eat less red meat because of social media...

TB: 863 new breakdowns in NI in first half of 2020
TB: 863 new breakdowns in NI in first half of 2020

More than 800 livestock farms across Northern Ireland which had an animal test positive for bovine TB in the first...

TB: 863 new breakdowns in NI in first half of 2020
TB: 863 new breakdowns in NI in first half of 2020

More than 800 livestock farms across Northern Ireland which had an animal test positive for bovine TB in the first...

NI farmers to receive full Direct Payments in October for the first time
NI farmers to receive full Direct Payments in October for the first time

Farmers in Northern Ireland will, for the first time, receive their full Direct Payments this month, the region’s Agriculture Minister...

Poots: The EU needs to back off and butt out
Poots: The EU needs to back off and butt out

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has warned the EU to “back off” and “butt out” of decisions over...

Poots: The EU needs to back off and butt out
Poots: The EU needs to back off and butt out

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has warned the EU to “back off” and “butt out” of decisions over...

Prisoners’ recycling and horticultural projects raise £5,000 for Air Ambulance NI
Prisoners’ recycling and horticultural projects raise £5,000 for Air Ambulance NI

Recycling and horticultural projects by staff and prisoners at Maghaberry during the Covid pandemic have raised £5,100 for Air Ambulance...

Prisoners’ recycling and horticultural projects raise £5,000 for Air Ambulance NI
Prisoners’ recycling and horticultural projects raise £5,000 for Air Ambulance NI

Recycling and horticultural projects by staff and prisoners at Maghaberry during the Covid pandemic have raised £5,100 for Air Ambulance...

NI vet shortage: Poots insists new TB strategy is ‘a priority’
NI vet shortage: Poots insists new TB strategy is ‘a priority’

Fears Northern Ireland’s bovine TB woes could yet again be put on the backburner have been dismissed by Agriculture Minister...

NI vet shortage: Poots insists new TB strategy is ‘a priority’
NI vet shortage: Poots insists new TB strategy is ‘a priority’

Fears Northern Ireland’s bovine TB woes could yet again be put on the backburner have been dismissed by Agriculture Minister...

NI agri-food duo make Queen’s birthday honours list
NI agri-food duo make Queen’s birthday honours list

Two businessmen at the helm of Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector have made it on to this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list....

NI agri-food duo make Queen’s birthday honours list
NI agri-food duo make Queen’s birthday honours list

Two businessmen at the helm of Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector have made it on to this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list....

Stormont Agriculture Committee accused of ‘playing politics’ over Brexit legislation
Stormont Agriculture Committee accused of ‘playing politics’ over Brexit legislation

Stormont Agriculture Committee members took a 15-minute closed session on Thursday, October 1 after tensions rose during a heated discussion...