Source: FARM PROGRESS, 9/5/19


“For 60 years we have been embargoing Cuba, and it has not served the people of Cuba or U.S. farmers well,” according to Paul Johnson, executive director of the Illinois Cuba Working Group. “We think it is important to allow trade to Cuba.” Johnson spoke Aug. 28 at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. Also speaking in favor of improving trade relations with Cuba were Mark Albertson, interim CEO of the Illinois Soybean Growers Association, and Rodney Gonzales, commercial attaché for the Cuban Embassy.

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