Brussels, 18/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 17 October, the management committee for direct payments backed a proposal to reduce the area on which each farmer may claim the special aid for energy crops in 2007, because the eligible area of 2 million hectares has been exceeded. If this is exceeded, the area on which each farmer can claim aid is reduced by a coefficient to ensure that the €90 million budget is not overrun. The area in 2007 reached approximately 2.84 million hectares...