Reply #8: Meanwhile back on the farm...

[Say_What]

farmers and ag people continue to say f*ck you to politics as usual in Washington.

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Recent sale to Cuba raises Iowans' hopes about trade

The recent sale of $8 million in corn and soybeans to Cuba is an example of the potential to increase trade between the island nation and Iowa, a group of Iowa officials who signed a trade-promotion agreement last week with Cuban officials said Wednesday.

Teresa Wahlert, president of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, one of the participants at the ceremony in Cuba last week, said the agreement is part of an effort by business leaders to increase Iowa exports to Cuba.

"We have a competitive advantage over European and Asian countries because we are closer to Cuba," she said.

Don Mason of the Iowa Corn Growers Association and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, who also was on the trip, said Cuba represents a potential market of $44 million to Iowa.

http://desmoinesregister.com/business/stories/c4789013/22451919.html