Wednesday, January 30, 2008

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner heads to Cuba

Jan. 29, 2008, 9:53AM

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press Writer


BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson is making another trip to Cuba next month to push the state's farm products.

Johnson says it will be his seventh trip in the past seven years pitching the state's commodities. He said the state has sold about $30 million worth of peas and lentils to Cuba since 2001. But he said a deal he helped broker last year that would have sent 100 tons of seed potatoes to Cuba has languished.

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