MINNEAPOLIS – U.S. agriculture has a big appetite for freer trade with Cuba. From wheat to rice to beans, the industry stands to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of President Barack Obama's plan to ...

The federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cuba on food security and agriculture advancement. The minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, signed the ...

BATABANO, Cuba (AP) — Yordán Díaz Gonzales pulled weeds from his fields with a tractor until Cuba’s summer rainy season turned them into foot-deep red mud. Now it takes five farmhands to tend to ...

A group of lawmakers pushing for the U.S. to open travel and trade with Cuba come from different backgrounds and both parties. But they share one key common trait: They hail from states where ...

U.S. agriculture could be on the precipice of securing lucrative export gains to Cuba, industry representatives argue, as the ...

In Artemisa, the country’s agricultural heartland, sanctions and fuel shortages have made a tough life almost impossible ...

U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba could reach $1.2 billion annually if regulations are relaxed and some trade barriers are lifted, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cuba has, for the first time in recent history, authorized the use of land to a foreign company, hoping to yield better rice crops ...

HAVANA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The leader of an association of top U.S. state agriculture officials on Wednesday said his country might want to take advantage of reforms underway in Cuba, possibly through ...

Missouri's governor recently heard Bootheel rice and cotton growers' hopes for a mission that will cover the potential for expanded agricultural trade between Cuba and the United States. Since January ...

HAVANA (AP) – Cuba has announced that it is modifying rules for the handover of fallow land to independent farmers. The measure goes into effect December 21. It is the latest in a series of economic ...