Brussels, 26/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - At their meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday 26 April, a majority of European agriculture ministers requested that support for young farmers and the subsidies regime in favour of small farms should be optional rather than compulsory as the European Commission advocates in the package of proposals on reform of common agricultural policy (CAP). EU countries were divided over keeping some subsidies coupled (i.e. linked to volumes produced), with some wanting...