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Caz Graham hears how some MEPs hope homeopathy might provide part of the answer to antibiotic resistance in animals. 2 million Euros have been set aside for a pilot project to coordinate research on the use of homeopathy and phytotherapy in livestock farming. It is hoped this will find alternative methods to cut back the use of antibiotics.

Conservative MEP Richard Ashworth tells Farming Today homeopathy should not be a priority for the EU while a financial crisis rages. And while the British Veterinary Association welcome the EU looking at the issue of resistance to antibiotics, they question the means by which they plan to do it.

Earlier this week, the Environment Agency announced UK rivers are the healthiest they've been in more than twenty years. But environmental scientist Professor Andrew Lovett tells Farming Today that there's no way the quality of UK rivers will meet EU targets by the deadline of 2015. Caz challenges Geoff Bateman from the Environment agency on what the targets are and what work needs to be done.

Mike Ambrose manages the UK's largest seed collection based at the John Innes Centre in Norwich.
With a collection of 25,000 seeds from around the world, he tells Caz how looking into the past helps meet the 'wish-list' criteria of plant breeders today.

Presenter: Caz Graham Producer: Clare Freeman.