12/10/2010

Could cloned food be back on the menu? Anna Hill hears the government are reviewing the rules on cloned animals. Scientists insist the meat and milk are safe to consume, but animal welfare groups warn cloned animals often suffer from fatal birth defects. Farming Today hears from animal welfare group Compassion in World Farming, and geneticist Dr Brendan Curran from Queen Mary, University of London.

The price of food in the UK is set to increase as large-scale crop failures become more common, according to scientists at the University of Leeds. They say bouts of extreme weather will double in the future, if nothing is done to tackle climate change.

And DEFRA minister Richard Benyon calls on farmers to do more to help clean our rivers. Three quarters of them would fail a new European test. Anna Hill visits the river Wensum in Norfolk to see what farmers can do to minimise pollution.