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.

UK researchers develop novel vaccine for Newcastle disease
UK researchers develop novel vaccine for Newcastle disease

Researchers at Lancaster University have used a novel genome editing approach to engineer a vaccine that can be used to...

Rural and veterinary bodies give their take on the new Agriculture Bill
Rural and veterinary bodies give their take on the new Agriculture Bill

The long-awaited Bill, which will now start to progress through Parliament, sets out a blueprint for the future of farming...

Cranswick profits set to soar higher than forecasted
Cranswick profits set to soar higher than forecasted

UK pork giant Cranswick is on course to beat current market forecasts as profits soar amid global issues with African...

Avoid Harm on the Farm: 2020 NI children’s farm safety calendar launched
Avoid Harm on the Farm: 2020 NI children’s farm safety calendar launched

A farm safety calendar competition received entries from more than 3,800 school children from across Northern Ireland. The chief executive...

NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was ‘held to ransom’
NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was ‘held to ransom’

Several piglets are said to have died after vegan protesters raided a Co. Antrim farm taking a pig on Tuesday...

NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was ‘held to ransom’
NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was ‘held to ransom’

Several piglets are said to have died after vegan protesters raided a Co. Antrim farm taking a pig on Tuesday...

Farming Business fined after employee crushed by concrete beam
Farming Business fined after employee crushed by concrete beam

A Kent farm has been fined after one of its employees fell from a trailer and was crushed to death...

Landmark legislation to ‘unleash potential’ of UK farming for decades to come
Landmark legislation to ‘unleash potential’ of UK farming for decades to come

A future where farmers are properly supported to farm more innovatively and protect the environment is a step closer today...

Non-notifiable strain of avian influenza identified on Fermanagh broiler farm
Non-notifiable strain of avian influenza identified on Fermanagh broiler farm

A case of non-notifiable avian influenza H6N1 has been identified in a broiler breeder farm in Co. Fermanagh. While this...

Non-notifiable strain of avian influenza identified on Fermanagh broiler farm
Non-notifiable strain of avian influenza identified on Fermanagh broiler farm

A case of non-notifiable avian influenza H6N1 has been identified in a broiler breeder farm in Co. Fermanagh. While this...

Government must make rural broadband and mobile coverage a priority, says NFU
Government must make rural broadband and mobile coverage a priority, says NFU

More than 4 in 10 farmers still don’t have adequate broadband vital to conduct their business in the 21st century,...

How to Steal Pigs: Unions call for Channel 4 to pass information to police
How to Steal Pigs: Unions call for Channel 4 to pass information to police

UK farming unions have called for the makers of Channel 4 documentary ‘How to Steal Pigs and Influence People’ to...

Vegan protesters take pig from Northern Ireland farm
Vegan protesters take pig from Northern Ireland farm

Animal rights protesters have claimed to have taken a pig from a Northern Ireland farm this morning (Tuesday, January 14)....

Pirbright scientists develop bird flu and Marek’s disease vaccine
Pirbright scientists develop bird flu and Marek’s disease vaccine

Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have used genetic engineering to develop a vaccine that protects birds against both Marek’s disease...

Views sought on strategy to make NI agri-food sector the most innovative in the UK
Views sought on strategy to make NI agri-food sector the most innovative in the UK

The Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is seeking the public’s views on ambitious plans to make Northern...

CAFRE beef finishing event to take place this Thursday
CAFRE beef finishing event to take place this Thursday

A knowledge transfer event taking place at Greenmount College this week aims to discuss some of the biggest areas of...

CAFRE beef finishing event to take place this Thursday
CAFRE beef finishing event to take place this Thursday

A knowledge transfer event taking place at Greenmount College this week aims to discuss some of the biggest areas of...

Rustling advice issued after 200 sheep stolen in Wiltshire over just 3 months
Rustling advice issued after 200 sheep stolen in Wiltshire over just 3 months

Farmers in the south-west have been advised to protect their flocks after almost 200 sheep were reported stolen in Wiltshire...