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.

DAERA Minister supports the ‘Milk Your Moments’ campaign
DAERA Minister supports the ‘Milk Your Moments’ campaign

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has given his support to a UK-wide campaign that aims to encourage people to drink milk....

Vet bodies issue warning over unpaid veterinary work
Vet bodies issue warning over unpaid veterinary work

UK veterinary practices have been warned against exploiting young workers’ fears of struggling to find work by offering unpaid or...

BASIS appoints new technical manager
BASIS appoints new technical manager

BASIS has appointed Greg Hopkinson to the post of technical manager to support the team and its members. In his...

‘Designer’ wheat variety bred to be for distilling than imported maize
‘Designer’ wheat variety bred to be for distilling than imported maize

Rothamsted scientists have bred a type of wheat specifically to improve whisky production. The group’s lead researcher says this new...

Welsh Parliamentary committee told Covid crisis highlights need for food security
Welsh Parliamentary committee told Covid crisis highlights need for food security

A UK meat marketing boss has told a Welsh Parliamentary committee how the Covid-19 crisis brings the importance of food security...

European sheep project asks farmers for their biggest bugbear
European sheep project asks farmers for their biggest bugbear

A European sheep network is calling on farmers and others in the industry to share their challenges and needs in...

Harper Adams team wins the Institute of Agricultural Management Farmplanner contest
Harper Adams team wins the Institute of Agricultural Management Farmplanner contest

A team of Harper Adams University final-year students have won the annual Institute of Agricultural Management Farmplanner contest. The competition,...

Egg industry groups celebrate as tariff lobbying pays off
Egg industry groups celebrate as tariff lobbying pays off

The UK egg industry and welfare groups have welcomed the Government’s decision to maintain the current tariff on imported eggs and...

Study finds Pirbright African swine fever vaccine has 100% success rate
Study finds Pirbright African swine fever vaccine has 100% success rate

Scientists from The Pirbright Institute are a step closer in the race to develop a vital vaccine for African swine...

Herts County Show to go digital this Bank Holiday Weekend
Herts County Show to go digital this Bank Holiday Weekend

Covid-19 has cancelled many family events around Hertfordshire, but not the county show. The show will go on as organisers...

Cumbrian agricultural college to close permanently in 2021
Cumbrian agricultural college to close permanently in 2021

A Cumbrian agricultural college has been earmarked for closure in July 2021 after an independent review ruled it was not...

Single Applicaion success raises hopes of prompt Scottish payment
Single Applicaion success raises hopes of prompt Scottish payment

A highly successful campaign encouraging Scotland’s farmers and crofters to meet the May 15 Single Application deadline should smooth the...

Farmers warned of surge in tractor GPS thefts
Farmers warned of surge in tractor GPS thefts

Farmers are being warned to ramp up security after a spate of thefts has seen tractor GPS equipment stolen from...

Oxford Farming Conference to proceed as digital event in 2021
Oxford Farming Conference to proceed as digital event in 2021

Plans are already being put in place for the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) to run as a digital event in...

Latest figures show 15% fall in UK lamb exports in 2020
Latest figures show 15% fall in UK lamb exports in 2020

Newly-released trade figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that the volume of sheepmeat exported from the UK in the...

Second man dies after Monmouthshire water buffalo incident
Second man dies after Monmouthshire water buffalo incident

Gwent Police has confirmed a second man has died following a farm accident involving water buffalo near Usk, Monmouthshire. Officers were...

ITV partners with Waitrose to back ‘Pick for Britain’ campaign
ITV partners with Waitrose to back ‘Pick for Britain’ campaign

Waitrose and ITV have joined forces to launch a new, warts-and-all advertising campaign urging members of the public to join the...

CAFRE Level 2 courses to be ‘open for business’ from June
CAFRE Level 2 courses to be ‘open for business’ from June

Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced plans to open applications for the next round of...