{"id":3672,"date":"2015-03-12T13:53:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T13:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/video-usgc-chairman-reflects-on-cuba-agriculture-learning-journey\/"},"modified":"2015-03-12T13:53:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T13:53:52","slug":"video-usgc-chairman-reflects-on-cuba-agriculture-learning-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/video-usgc-chairman-reflects-on-cuba-agriculture-learning-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: USGC Chairman Reflects On Cuba Agriculture Learning Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Grains Council (USGC) Chairman Ron Gray, a farmer from Illinois, and USGC Regional Director of the Western Hemisphere Marri Carrow returned last week from an agriculture industry mission to learn about and engage with the Cuban government and people. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the trip, Gray reflected on the experience and the work still to be done in a video interview.<!--break--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nPQGe7cHaOw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cuba being close to the United States offers an opportunity not only to be a recipient of exports of commodities, especially grain commodities from the United States, but also allows for us to enter into this region in a bigger and more significant way,\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s visit highlighted for U.S. agricultural leaders how a meaningful relationship with the United States could benefit the Cuban people and provide new opportunities to boost Cuba\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agricultural capacity, while still boosting U.S. exports.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cuban government officials were very positive about this particular mission,\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd Gray said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They are excited that business leaders want to be here and want to be involved and trading with the commodities Cuba has to offer.\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd<\/p>\n<p>See the full video and others from the Council online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/USGrainsCouncil\" target=\"_self\">www.youtube.com\/USGrainsCouncil<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Grains Council (USGC) Chairman Ron Gray, a farmer from Illinois, and USGC Regional Director of the Western Hemisphere Marri Carrow returned last week from an agriculture industry mission to learn about and engage with the Cuban government and people. &nbsp;&nbsp; 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