(May 25, 2007) Associated Press Havana--Communist Cuba expects to sign contracts for much as $150 million in American agricultural goods next week at the largest gathering of U.S farm producers here since Fidel Castro fell ill last summer.

(May 25, 2007) Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- An announcement that a fungus called Asian soybean rust had been found in southern Iowa earlier this year made farmers worry that the destructive growth could damage their fields.

(May 25, 2007) Associated Press Washington, D.C.--The Bush administration pushed for concrete results in high-level trade talks with China that began Tuesday, but the head of the Chinese delegation bluntly warned against confrontation.