BASF Agricultural Products set up a nice visit for ag journalists here in Brussels at a great time to get some real news for the farmers back home.

It was announced just yesterday that the European Commission was proposing to eliminate the mandatory ten percent set aside to help increase production for the coming crop year, and possibly permanently. We had the great fortune to be able to spend about an hour with Michael Mann, who is the spokesperson for Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. I filed audio and reports back to farm broadcasters in the states with his comments.

Listen to my report with Michael Mann here:
eu-mann.mp3

View the Flickr Photo Album from BASF in Germany and Brussels