More corn from Nebraska.

MORE CORN FROM NEBRASKA. Cuba has agreed to buy another US$30 million (euro24.3 million) in food from Nebraska, strengthening trade relations with a U.S. farming state already selling corn, wheat, soybeans and other products to the island, reports AP (April 20, 2006). Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy and Agriculture Director Greg Ibach led the trade delegation, which included meat and other agriculture producers. In August, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman visited Cuba and signed a separate deal to export $US30 million (euro24 million) in agricultural products in an 18-month period. Most of those deals have since been completed, said Pedro Alvarez, head of the food import firm Alimport. Sheehy said the new deal will include the export of pork, cattle, poultry, wheat, corn, soybeans, dry beans and dairy in the next 18 months.