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Farming Today: 24/12/22 - Farming Today This Week: Fishing quotas, game birds and avian flu and soil sampling

24/12/22 - Farming Today This Week: Fishing quotas, game birds and avian flu and soil sampling

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Are fishing quotas protecting fish stocks?

Charlotte Smith brings you the biggest rural stories of the week - from new fishing quotas to the mysterious deaths of 100 dairy cows on Jersey.

Fish quotas were released this week, following negotiations between the UK and EU on what and how much can be caught where. The Government says the deal for 2023 will mean a further £282 million worth of fishing opportunities - an increase on 2022. But some marine conservation groups say scientific advice is being ignored and some fish stocks are still being over-fished.

We join a group of 100 volunteers as they prepare to start collecting soil samples from 700,000 fields across Northern Ireland. It's for the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme, which is being rolled out by the Department for Agriculture in Northern Ireland and the Agri Food and BioSciences Institute. It'll provide farmers with detailed information on the nutrient status of their soil.

And investigations are continuing after the mysterious death of 100 dairy cows on a farm in Jersey. A quarter of the herd of Jersey cows at Woodlands Farm have been lost, and scientists are analysing samples from the feed and the animals themselves to try and get to the bottom of what's happened.

Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

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