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.

International events shaking up world cereals and oilseeds markets
International events shaking up world cereals and oilseeds markets

Strained trade relations between the US and China are having a fundamental impact on world grain markets, delegates at AHDB’s...

NFU seeks urgent Number 10 meeting to save farming from a no-deal crash out
NFU seeks urgent Number 10 meeting to save farming from a no-deal crash out

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is seeking an urgent meeting with the highest level of Government, after the lack of...

New licensing procedures introduced for NI imports of British semen
New licensing procedures introduced for NI imports of British semen

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture has announced it will introduce new licensing procedures for importing bovine semen into the region...

BSE: What does the Scottish outbreak mean for the industry?
BSE: What does the Scottish outbreak mean for the industry?

Scotland’s first BSE case in a decade has come as a shock to the entire industry; however, the consensus among...

Northern Irish milk production soars as prices hold
Northern Irish milk production soars as prices hold

Two of Northern Ireland’s biggest milk processors have reported major increases in production levels as prices continue to hold. Compared...

Rural communities failed by Whitehall – CA tells parliamentary inquiry
Rural communities failed by Whitehall – CA tells parliamentary inquiry

The Countryside Alliance has told a House of Lords inquiry that rural voices are not being listened to early enough...

Farming union urges politicians to back radical livestock worrying proposals
Farming union urges politicians to back radical livestock worrying proposals

The Ulster Farmers’ Union is calling on local politicians to back proposals, recommended by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC),...

Fox: ‘Categorically untrue’ food standards will be lowered post-Brexit
Fox: ‘Categorically untrue’ food standards will be lowered post-Brexit

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has rubbished claims food and farming standards will be lowered as the UK leaves the European...

Scottish farmers to receive £5.7 million reimbursement of EU crisis fund
Scottish farmers to receive £5.7 million reimbursement of EU crisis fund

Scottish farmers are to receive a combined £5.7 million in reimbursement payments from the European Commission this week. Payments under the...

NFU officially unveils new London base
NFU officially unveils new London base

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has officially opened its new and improved base in the heart of Westminster to ensure...

First Milk to introduce major changes to members’ payment system
First Milk to introduce major changes to members’ payment system

First Milk has today announced a series of changes to its capital structure that will see the introduction of a...

UFU among 21 NI industry bodies writing to May over Brexit labour concerns
UFU among 21 NI industry bodies writing to May over Brexit labour concerns

Farming organisations are among a group of 21 Northern Ireland business organisations who have penned a letter to the Prime...

Could you have what it takes to win the 2018 Wales Livestock Champion Award?
Could you have what it takes to win the 2018 Wales Livestock Champion Award?

NFU Cymru and NFU Mutual are launching the search to find the best livestock person working within the agricultural industry...

Waste-reducing food imaging start-up wins World Agri-Tech Pitch Day
Waste-reducing food imaging start-up wins World Agri-Tech Pitch Day

An American agri-tech start-up has beaten more than 100 international entrants to win the first Tesco Agri T-Jam, hosted at...

New QMS chairman to tour Scotland to gather industry views
New QMS chairman to tour Scotland to gather industry views

Quality Meat Scotland’s new chairman Kate Rowell is spending her first few weeks in post travelling Scotland to hear from...

Muller completes Dairy Crest integration and maps out strategy for growth
Muller completes Dairy Crest integration and maps out strategy for growth

Muller’s UK chief executive Patrick Muller has confirmed completion of Britain’s largest ever dairy industry integration, as he set out...

2 new reps to join British Limousin management council
2 new reps to join British Limousin management council

The British Limousin Cattle Society (BLCS) has welcomed two new representatives onto its Council of Management. Richard Bartle (pictured above)...

Welsh ambition for growth to take centre stage 2018 NFU Cymru conference
Welsh ambition for growth to take centre stage 2018 NFU Cymru conference

One of Wales’ farming unions has said it has ambitions for the country’s agriculture to become a bigger player internationally....