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.

BASIS expands team with new COO
BASIS expands team with new COO

Standard setting, auditing and training organisation, BASIS, has appointed a chief operating officer (COO) to support the current team and...

Welsh dairy co-op posts record sales of £52.9 million
Welsh dairy co-op posts record sales of £52.9 million

Wales’s oldest dairy farming co-operative is celebrating record sales of £52.9 million. The boost has allowed South Caernarfon Creameries to create 11...

Government launches consultation on future of UK agri-food industry
Government launches consultation on future of UK agri-food industry

British shoppers could be able to buy environmentally-friendly, healthy and affordable food under plans for a radical shake-up of the...

Union calls for clearer country of origin labelling on processed beef
Union calls for clearer country of origin labelling on processed beef

Farmers in Scotland are calling for clearer and more detailed country of origin labelling on processed beef products to allow...

Cow gut DNA study finds bugs that could up meat and milk yields
Cow gut DNA study finds bugs that could up meat and milk yields

Cutting-edge DNA technologies have discovered thousands of bugs in cows’ stomachs that could improve meat and dairy production, and keep...

Defra slams ‘inaccurate’ People’s Vote claims
Defra slams ‘inaccurate’ People’s Vote claims

Defra has hit back at “inaccurate” prophecies of post-Brexit doom for the UK’s agri-food sector made in a report published...

BPS loan support for Welsh farm businesses announced
BPS loan support for Welsh farm businesses announced

A new loan facility to help Welsh farmers who won’t receive their Basic Payment on day one has been announced...

Union pushes for delay to Sustainable Farming and our Land consultation
Union pushes for delay to Sustainable Farming and our Land consultation

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has urged senior politicians at this week’s Pembrokeshire Show to push back the deadline for...

Farmers for a People’s Vote: New lobby group forms
Farmers for a People’s Vote: New lobby group forms

A new lobby group representing UK farmers is being launched today (Thursday, August 15) to warn against the risks of...

Police forced to release coursers after witnesses refuse to give statements
Police forced to release coursers after witnesses refuse to give statements

A gang of illegal hunters in Cambridgeshire are thought to be behind an abandoned car which was burned out on...

UK university to ban beef products
UK university to ban beef products

A London university has said it will ban all beef products in a bid to lower its carbon emissions. But...

New Environmental Farming Scheme opens in Northern Ireland
New Environmental Farming Scheme opens in Northern Ireland

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider Level will...

New Environmental Farming Scheme opens in Northern Ireland
New Environmental Farming Scheme opens in Northern Ireland

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider Level will...

Police issue warning after Weymouth veterinary burglaries
Police issue warning after Weymouth veterinary burglaries

Police are appealing for help after medicines for animal use were stolen from a veterinary practice in Weymouth – nearly...

First cohort of NFU Young Farmer Ambassadors selected
First cohort of NFU Young Farmer Ambassadors selected

A total of 10 young people involved in farming have been chosen to lead the NFU’s first group of Student...

Man cleared of Blandford farm worker’s murder
Man cleared of Blandford farm worker’s murder

A man charged with murder in connection with the death of a fellow employee at a farm near Blandford has...

Man arrested over illegal sheep butchery released on bail
Man arrested over illegal sheep butchery released on bail

A man arrested in connection with a series of illegal sheep butchery offences has been released on bail as Operation...

Defra to make £2 million available to help Yorkshire farmers
Defra to make £2 million available to help Yorkshire farmers

The Government has announced it will make more than £5 million available to support communities and businesses impacted by this...