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.

Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival
Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival

Among the tractors taking over the square in Comber, Co. Down last weekend was a rather distinctive blue ‘belle’. The blue...

Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival
Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival

Among the tractors taking over the square in Comber, Co. Down last weekend was a rather distinctive blue ‘belle’. The blue...

Millennials could ‘hold the answer’ for horticulture’s labour woes
Millennials could ‘hold the answer’ for horticulture’s labour woes

Work needs to start now to inspire young people to take up careers in horticulture and reduce agriculture’s reliance on...

How do you make an arable enterprise financially sustainable?
How do you make an arable enterprise financially sustainable?

It’s the million dollar question – just how do you make an arable enterprise financially sustainable? AHDB farmer Mark Chandler...

More than 1,600 EU vets so far respond to second RCVS Brexit survey
More than 1,600 EU vets so far respond to second RCVS Brexit survey

Over 1,600 EU-qualified veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses have already responded to a second survey by the Royal College of...

CO2 shortage: Union calls for pig and poultry sectors to be prioritised
CO2 shortage: Union calls for pig and poultry sectors to be prioritised

NFU Scotland (NFUS) president Andrew McCornick has written to Secretary of State Greg Clark asking that the pig and poultry processors...

Government ‘exploring options’ for including shooting in 2022 Games
Government ‘exploring options’ for including shooting in 2022 Games

Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has confirmed that the Government is “exploring the potential” of including shooting in the 2022 Commonwealth...

22-year-old sheep and dairy man named first Scottish Young Farmer of the Year
22-year-old sheep and dairy man named first Scottish Young Farmer of the Year

The Scottish Association of Young Farmer Clubs (SAYFC) announced the winner of the hotly-contested inaugural Young Farmer of the Year...

Heads are down as Lakeland and LacPatrick in talks
Heads are down as Lakeland and LacPatrick in talks

Merger talks for LacPatrick are understood to be heating up, AgriLand can reveal. High-level talks involving LacPatrick bosses and Lakeland...

New NFYFC training awards hopes to improve rural young people’s skills
New NFYFC training awards hopes to improve rural young people’s skills

The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) hopes its two new training awards will help boost the level of...

‘Smart’ farms to transform how we produce food
‘Smart’ farms to transform how we produce food

The University of Leeds has launched a new ‘smart farming’ initiative aiming to give farms and business a competitive advantage...

Dale Farm declares ‘record year’ in latest set of financial accounts
Dale Farm declares ‘record year’ in latest set of financial accounts

The UK’s largest farmer-owned dairy cooperative, Dale Farm, has announced significant increases in profit, return on capital employed (ROCE) and turnover...

BVA: ‘Urgent action’ needed to avoid Welsh vet shortfall
BVA: ‘Urgent action’ needed to avoid Welsh vet shortfall

British Veterinary Association (BVA) president John Fishwick has called for “urgent action” to guard against a serious shortfall of vets...

Great Yarmouth vet to be struck off as RCVS rules on ‘alcohol issues’ and failings
Great Yarmouth vet to be struck off as RCVS rules on ‘alcohol issues’ and failings

The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has directed the college to remove a Great Yarmouth-based...

China to lift its longstanding British beef ban
China to lift its longstanding British beef ban

China has today lifted its longstanding British beef ban, in a landmark move for British producers estimated to be worth...

CO2 shortage: Gas should be directed to those who need it most
CO2 shortage: Gas should be directed to those who need it most

National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) has called for national carbon dioxide (CO2) supplies to be redirected to abattoirs in need...

‘FaceTime a Farmer’ founder becomes new East of England Farming Conference chair
‘FaceTime a Farmer’ founder becomes new East of England Farming Conference chair

Cambridgeshire farmer and founder of FaceTime a Farmer, Tom Martin, has been appointed the new East of England Farming Conference (EoEFC)...

Europe-wide CO2 shortage closes abattoir doors in Scotland
Europe-wide CO2 shortage closes abattoir doors in Scotland

In the midst of a growing shortage of carbon dioxide (CO2) across Europe, a Scottish abattoir has announced it will...