• Submitted by: manso
• Business and Economy
• 09 / 09 / 2010

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The five-person delegation had tickets to Havana on Mexicana Airlines, which went out of business Aug. 28. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said alternate flights are too expensive.

AP. BISMARCK — Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said a state Agriculture Department trade mission to Cuba has been postponed.

The five-person delegation had tickets to Havana on Mexicana Airlines, which went out of business Aug. 28. Goehring said alternate flights are too expensive.

The trip was scheduled Sept. 22-25. Goehring said Wednesday it will be rescheduled in late November, after the elections. The incumbent Republican commissioner is running against Democrat Merle Boucher.

Goehring intended to emphasize sales of dry edible peas, dry beans and distillers’ grains for livestock feed during the trip and finish up a potato export deal.

North Dakota’s Agriculture Department has organized eight Cuba trade missions in recent years.

Source: www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/174891/group/homepage/