Rising costs, red tape and market fluctuations all spell more stress for German farmer Michael Schneller. He loves growing cereals, rapeseed and sugar beet on his 125-hectare farm in Niddatal-Assenheim near Frankfurt. But he and other farmers feel that increasing pressure is making the job intolerable. "I am a farmer in heart and soul," says Schneller, but adds that he would want to see more relief and a "commitment to agriculture," otherwise there is a risk that farmers will quit and sell up, a