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.

Virtual farm walk to focus on carbon-neutral beef farming
Virtual farm walk to focus on carbon-neutral beef farming

The fourth ‘Focus on Farmers’ Virtual Farm Walk & Discussion will look at innovative ways farmers can profit from environmental...

Decision made on NI side of ‘critical’ North-South Interconnector
Decision made on NI side of ‘critical’ North-South Interconnector

Planning permission has been granted in Northern Ireland for the “critical” North-South Interconnector. The £200 million cross-border initiative will link...

Clandeboye Estate launches £2 million expansion to quadruple production
Clandeboye Estate launches £2 million expansion to quadruple production

Northern Ireland’s only yoghurt maker, Clandeboye Estate, has announced it will invest over £2 million to expand its yoghurt business...

Clandeboye Estate launches £2 million expansion to quadruple production
Clandeboye Estate launches £2 million expansion to quadruple production

Northern Ireland’s only yoghurt maker, Clandeboye Estate, has announced it will invest over £2 million to expand its yoghurt business...

Irish Guild of Agricultural Journalists elects new president
Irish Guild of Agricultural Journalists elects new president

Northern Ireland agricultural journalist Richard Halleron has begun a three-year term as president of the Irish Guild of Agricultural Journalists....

RHASS launches fundraising campaign to ‘save’ Royal Highland Show
RHASS launches fundraising campaign to ‘save’ Royal Highland Show

The 2021 Royal Highland Show (RHS) may only proceed with external financial support, as directors warn the Covid-19 pandemic has...

MP appeals to farmers to speak out if supermarkets are abusing their power
MP appeals to farmers to speak out if supermarkets are abusing their power

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has called on the government to protect small dairy farmers from “predatory” supermarkets. Loder...

Royal Bath & West Society cancels Dairy Show for 2020
Royal Bath & West Society cancels Dairy Show for 2020

Organisers have been forced to cancel one of England’s last hopes of an agricultural show before the end of 2020...

Germany confirms its first case of African swine fever
Germany confirms its first case of African swine fever

Germany has confirmed its first case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar found dead in Brandenburg close...

Greening requirements to be scrapped in NI from 2021
Greening requirements to be scrapped in NI from 2021

Plans are afoot to scrap greening requirements in Northern Ireland, the region’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has announced today (September...

Greening requirements to be scrapped in NI from 2021
Greening requirements to be scrapped in NI from 2021

Plans are afoot to scrap greening requirements in Northern Ireland, the region’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has announced today (September...

Back British Farming Day: Prime Minister and Labour leader show support for farming
Back British Farming Day: Prime Minister and Labour leader show support for farming

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer have both shown their support for British agriculture by wearing a Back...

Welsh Government commits to increasing wool in public buildings
Welsh Government commits to increasing wool in public buildings

Wales has become the first of any UK nation to formally commit to using more wool in its public buildings....

Law change needed to tackle rural crime, NFU says
Law change needed to tackle rural crime, NFU says

As the cost of rural crime continues to rise, the National Farmers Union is urging the government to take action...

Poots writes to southern counterpart over NI eligibility for Bord Bia schemes
Poots writes to southern counterpart over NI eligibility for Bord Bia schemes

Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has written to his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland over concerns as to...

Poots writes to southern counterpart over NI eligibility for Bord Bia schemes
Poots writes to southern counterpart over NI eligibility for Bord Bia schemes

Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has written to his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland over concerns as to...

2020 Back British Farming Day to highlight value of UK agriculture
2020 Back British Farming Day to highlight value of UK agriculture

The National Farmers’ Union is inviting MPs and farmers up and down the country to throw their weight behind Back...

How green is NI’s energy: How much of the region’s electric is from renewable sources?
How green is NI’s energy: How much of the region’s electric is from renewable sources?

Almost half the electric used in Northern Ireland this year has been generated from renewable sources, according to new figures...