Brussels, 01/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - Could the European Commission have jumped the gun? On Tuesday 1 July, it announced that the “vast majority” of member states would agree to abolish the system that required farmers to let some of their ground lie fallow (compulsory set-aside). European agriculture ministers have not made any comment on this issue, which is one of the many common agricultural policy (CAP) health check proposals. The Commission wanted to send a positive signal in...