Cuba’s Free Market Experiment Faltering
The Cuban government’s recent experiment with free market agriculture has proven to be a major bust. The failure of Cuba’s free market reform may set back economic and political liberalization…
Cuban Food Production on the Decline
Despite several years of agricultural reforms and large-scale investments by the government, Cuban agricultural production is lower now than it was five years ago, prompting some Cuban officials to question…
Farmers Push for End of Cuban Embargo
Last week, several farmers and more than 20 members of the Illinois Farm Bureau returned from a weeklong trip to Cuba, whose purpose was to gather information about the effect…
Texas Farmers Want to End Trade Ban with Cuba
Texas rice farmers have anxiously been following efforts in Congress to end the economic embargo in Cuba. Passed during the Cold War, trade with and travel to Cuba has been…
Cuba Trade Bill Sits in Congress During Recess
Rep. Collin Peterson's proposed Cuba trade bill will sit in Congress's hands until at least September according to agriculture and government officials. The bill, that would open trade options to…