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.

European dairy markets cool as drought fears dissipate
European dairy markets cool as drought fears dissipate

European dairy prices are coming under pressure just as UK farmers are entering the expensive winter housed period. Intervention stock...

Meet one of Austria’s beauty queens using tradition to promote farming
Meet one of Austria’s beauty queens using tradition to promote farming

Beauty queens, wellies and dairy cows – not three words you’d expect in one sentence, but get out of Vienna...

Pics: Bale Art competition finalists revealed
Pics: Bale Art competition finalists revealed

You might think you’re seeing things if you came across a dozen 6ft sheep…but not in rural Scotland, where, if there’s...

How a farmer ended up with a shop in Vienna’s luxury shopping district
How a farmer ended up with a shop in Vienna’s luxury shopping district

People told Georg Blochberger his idea to turn summer milk from his 50 cows into ice cream would never work....

Agricultural research projects awarded £750,000 funding
Agricultural research projects awarded £750,000 funding

Pioneering agricultural research into genetic resistance to TB and an electronic bovine disease diagnosis platform are among three projects in...

NBA calls for ‘bottom-up’ approach to beef assurance schemes
NBA calls for ‘bottom-up’ approach to beef assurance schemes

The National Beef Association (NBA) Midlands Committee has set the date for a meeting in which it will bring together...

Bernard Matthews in the running to buy Banham Poultry
Bernard Matthews in the running to buy Banham Poultry

British poultry giant Bernard Matthews is confirmed to be bidding for Norfolk business Banham Poultry. The company, which employs almost...

Northern Ireland gets European approval to increase advance payments
Northern Ireland gets European approval to increase advance payments

The decision to increase Northern Ireland’s rate of advance payments for 2018 from 50% to 70% of claim value has...

Harper Adams researchers say traditional plants could ease hunger in Kenya
Harper Adams researchers say traditional plants could ease hunger in Kenya

A team of Harper Adams researchers say indigenous leafy vegetables traditionally grown in the East of Kenya could help reduce...

Aberdeen Angus Society launches new youth training course
Aberdeen Angus Society launches new youth training course

The Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society has announced it will launch a new business and leadership course to provide vital training...

Environmental groups slammed for ‘damaging’ consultation claims
Environmental groups slammed for ‘damaging’ consultation claims

John Davies has spoken of his “disappointment and dismay” at what he describes as “damaging” claims made by environmental groups...

How one Scottish flock is tackling Liver Fluke
How one Scottish flock is tackling Liver Fluke

The effective control of Liver Fluke in sheep will be the focus of the next Lochaber Monitor Farm meeting on...

Long-term cold storage of lamb will be ‘essential’ in no-deal Brexit
Long-term cold storage of lamb will be ‘essential’ in no-deal Brexit

Long-term cold storage and guaranteed public procurement for lamb will be essential for British sheep farmers to survive a ‘no-deal’...

3 new farm apprenticeships to develop farmers and growers of the future
3 new farm apprenticeships to develop farmers and growers of the future

Industry bodies have joined forces to set standards for three new farm apprenticeships in a bid to develop the next...

Second wheats could offer a profitable option this season
Second wheats could offer a profitable option this season

Seed sales managers are seeking to remind growers that second wheats could offer a profitable cropping option this season – if...

Livestock rustlers are closer to home than you think, warns police boss
Livestock rustlers are closer to home than you think, warns police boss

A police boss has spoken out to dispel the myth that all livestock rustlers raiding North Wales come from outside...

£362,000 boost announced for 2 fish and farming research projects
£362,000 boost announced for 2 fish and farming research projects

Two Northern Ireland research institutions – AFBI and Ulster University – are set to benefit from more than £362,000 of...

2 men die in suspected chemical spill at Norfolk poultry plant
2 men die in suspected chemical spill at Norfolk poultry plant

An investigation is underway after two men died in an industrial incident at a poultry processing plant in Attleborough, Norfolk....