Covering Cuba from a different angle. (Farm Broadcasting Beyond The Studio).Companies, trade organizations, and state departments of agriculture from across the country traveled to Cuba for the U.S. Food & Agribusiness agribusiness Agriculture operated by business; specifically, that part of a modern national economy devoted to the production, processing, and distribution of food and fibre products and byproducts. Exhibition in late September. Ag broadcasters were also on hand to cover the events, including Don Wick, farm director for WCCO, Minneapolis, and former president of NAFB NAFB National Association of Farm Broadcasters (now National Association of Farm Broadcasting) NAFB National Association of Farm Broadcasting (formerly National Association of Farm Broadcasters; Platte City, Missouri) . "As a journalist, the trip to Havana was an eye-opening experience," Wick says. "The city of Havana looks as if someone pushed the pause button on 1959; it is a city frozen in time." Besides covering the obvious news, such as the numerous contracts signed or the exhibition events, Wick took the opportunity to see the event through a new set of eyes--those of Cliff and Seth Kaehler, two farm kids from southeast Minnesota Southeast Minnesota is the corner of Minnesota south of the Twin Cities metropolitan area extending east, and part of the multi-state area known as the Coulee Region. Rochester is the largest city in the area; other major cities include Winona, Owatonna, Faribault, Northfield, . Livestock from the Kaehlers' Homedale Farms was on display at the show. During their time in Cuba, the Kaehlers served as tour guides for the exhibition for Cuban leader Fidel Castro Noun 1. Fidel Castro - Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927) Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz , and Wick broadcast their experiences back to listeners in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . |
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