Cuba

U.S. export numbers of eggs, turkey, and pork in the first half of 2022 were all down compared to the first half of last year, but exports of broiler meat and beef were higher.   Egg and turkey exports, down 38% and 20%, respectively, were hurt by the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.  Eg...

Kansas Republican Senator Jerry Moran along with Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar and Vermont’s Patrick Leahy, both Democrats, recently introduced legislation that would relax the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba. The senators noted the goal of the Freedom to Export to Cuba Act  is to open another avenue for profit for American farmers and ranchers. “The unilateral ...

On January 3rd, 1961 President Eisenhower's Press Secretary, James Haggerty, announced that the U.S. was severing diplomatic relations with Cuba. That was followed by a trade embargo and the closing of the U.S. Embassy on the island nation ...

Last week, Senate Democrats introduced a bill to end the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Senate Finance Committee Chair, Oregon’s Ron Wyden introduced the U.S.-Cuba Trade Act of 2021 to repeal sanctions on Cuba and establish normal trade relations with the island nation. W ...

Delegates from the U.S. agriculture industry were in Cuba earlier this month for the Cuba-U.S. Agriculture Business Conference.  The 20 conference participants met with Cuban government officials and farmers.  While about 30% of Cuba's land area is currently used for farming, Cuban farmers do not have access to the latest technologies, equipment and inputs.  Much of the food ...

A coalition of ag groups, agribusinesses, and related industries sent a group of representatives to Cuba for a three-day conference aimed at increasing sales and cooperation between the two nations.  Reuters said the conference was held in spite of President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to tighten trade sanctions against the island nation.   The U....

A coalition of agriculture groups plan a U.S.-Cuba ag business conference in November. The U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Business Conference, according to organizers, comes at a time when U.S. agriculture needs to expand into new markets.   Cuba continues to depend on imports for 80% of its food supply, and the coalition says Congress is poised in the Farm Bill to allow USDA export promotion programs to b

U.S. agriculture is benefitting from trade with Cuba, according to new figures released by the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council. Exports of food and agricultural products from the U.S. to Cuba in November of 2017 were pegged at $21.2 million, compared to $10...

In an agreement signed last week, John Deere is expected to be the first direct sale of U.S. machinery to Cuba in more than half a century. An agreement signed at the Havana Fair last week between John Deere executives and Cuba calls for the shipment of "several hundred tractors and associated implements" over a four-year period...

Senate Democrats are pushing back against President Trump concerning Cuba, reviving a bill to lift the U.S. embargo.  In mid-June, Trump rolled back President Obama’s historic opening to the island.  The group of Senators, led by Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden, introduced the U.S.-Cuba Trade A...