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July 29, 2010
Gereg Flakus|Houston, TX

US agricultural organizations, state farm bureaus and the US Chamber of Commerce have joined forces in support of a bill that would ease the current US embargo against Cuba, allowing food to be exported to the communist-ruled Caribbean island nation. The bill, which was approved by the House Agriculture committee earlier this month, is opposed by many Cuban-American groups who fear the opening would bolster communist rule.

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By Tim Eaton
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Saturday, Jul. 31, 2010 

... Texas rice farmers have been watching intently as Congress ponders a bill that would lift restrictions of a decades-old trade embargo and allow tourists to travel to Cuba. Passage of the bill also would open the communist island country's market to U.S. agriculture.

In this issue :

• “Trade, travel with Cuba the right policy, right now”
• Texas receives $5 million for migrating birds
• USRPA in Veracruz
• General Market Update July 30, 2010
• Senate Agriculture Chairman and Administration Promise Disaster Assistance

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In this issue:

• Central American Rice Federation Elects New Officers
• US Rice Producers Launch New Program in El Salvador
• Greater Houston Partnership Press Conference: Cuba Pushes H.R. 4645
• Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative: From the National Resource Conservation Service
• General Market Update
• RiceTec Hybrid Rice Report (07/23)

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