Farming Today

Fifty per cent of fish eaten in the world are now farmed, up from nine per cent in 1980. Charlotte Smith hears how the UK is cashing in, as Scottish salmon exports grow by a quarter. Nocton Dairies, developers of western Europe's largest dairy farm in Lincolnshire, cancel a public meeting over fears animal rights activists will hijack the event. Nearly a century after the Forestry Commission was established, nearly 80 per cent of wood used in the UK is still imported. Charlotte Smith asks if more could or should be grown on home soil.