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.

Loughbrickland dairy farmer hosts EU Sustainable Dairy Farm Visit
Loughbrickland dairy farmer hosts EU Sustainable Dairy Farm Visit

A Co. Down dairy farmerer has been selected as part of an EU programme to educate others in the industry about...

Countryside Alliance reveals new chairman
Countryside Alliance reveals new chairman

The Rt. Hon. Nick Herbert MP has joined the Countryside Alliance as its new chairman. Herbert, who has a CBE...

Search is on for Welsh Livestock Champion
Search is on for Welsh Livestock Champion

NFU Cymru and NFU Mutual are again looking to find the best livestock person working within the agricultural industry in...

NFU calls for Government policy to manage risks facing oilseed rape production
NFU calls for Government policy to manage risks facing oilseed rape production

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has urged the Government to use any new domestic agricultural policy to offer solutions to...

End to beef processing at Llanidloes ‘another blow for the industry’
End to beef processing at Llanidloes ‘another blow for the industry’

The closure of beef processing lines at Llanidloes has been described as “another blow for the industry” by the Farmers’...

UK exporters declare ‘business as usual’ at Anuga despite Brexit chaos
UK exporters declare ‘business as usual’ at Anuga despite Brexit chaos

Brexit doesn’t need to stand in the way of new and existing trade according to UK meat firms at Anuga...

NFU Cymru seeks exemption for NVZ closed periods
NFU Cymru seeks exemption for NVZ closed periods

NFU Cymru has written to Welsh Government to seek an exemption that will allow farmers operating within Nitrate Vulnerable Zones...

Welsh farmers familiar with EBVs but not exploiting them
Welsh farmers familiar with EBVs but not exploiting them

Farmers in Wales are familiar with Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) but do not have the confidence to use them when...

UK study claims badger cull survivors roam over greater areas
UK study claims badger cull survivors roam over greater areas

Culling can drive badgers to roam 61% further afield, potentially increasing risk of transmission, according to a study by the...

NI milk processor boss appointed to NIFDA Board
NI milk processor boss appointed to NIFDA Board

The Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) has appointed the general manager of foodservice operations for Lakeland Dairies, Tim...

Dodds: Dairy industry should pressure EU to strike a deal
Dodds: Dairy industry should pressure EU to strike a deal

Northern Ireland MEP Diane Dodds has encouraged the dairy industry to “press Dublin and Brussels to work for a sensible...

Dodds: Dairy industry should pressure EU to strike a deal
Dodds: Dairy industry should pressure EU to strike a deal

Northern Ireland MEP Diane Dodds has encouraged the dairy industry to “press Dublin and Brussels to work for a sensible...

NFU launches online rural crime hub for farmers
NFU launches online rural crime hub for farmers

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has launched a new online service for farmers and growers to get advice on how...

Scottish suckler herd falls to lowest level since the 1950s
Scottish suckler herd falls to lowest level since the 1950s

Scotland’s suckler herd has fallen to its lowest level in more than 60 years, according to the Government’s first estimates...

Operation Stock: 3 men charged over illegal sheep butchery offences
Operation Stock: 3 men charged over illegal sheep butchery offences

Three men have been charged with conspiracy to steal over a series of illegal sheep butchery offences across Northamptonshire this...

Government tariff review puts several sectors in jeopardy post-Brexit
Government tariff review puts several sectors in jeopardy post-Brexit

The UK Government has “severely undermined the British farming industry” by confirming it will remove the tariff safeguards for a...

World Mental Health Day 2019: Farmers urged to ‘take 40 seconds’ to help others
World Mental Health Day 2019: Farmers urged to ‘take 40 seconds’ to help others

Ahead of World Mental Health Day this Thursday (October 10), the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is reminding farmers that...

Scottish farmers launch bid to save creamery from closure
Scottish farmers launch bid to save creamery from closure

A group of 29 Scottish dairy farmers have launched a crowd-funding campaign to buy the Mull of Kintyre brand and...