From Herald Wire Services

 HAVANA -- A delegation of Texas farmers, led by U.S. Rep. Charles Stenholm,
 D-Texas, ended a three-day visit to Cuba on Wednesday with a call for Congress
 to lift the embargo on food and medicine sales to the Communist-ruled island.

 ``With regard to Cuba, we feel the embargo has failed in spectacular fashion,''
 said Donald Patman, president of the Texas Farm Bureau. ``Texas farmers and
 ranchers could easily and profitably supply many of the products both used and
 needed here in Cuba.''

 Stenholm, the ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, repeated
 his endorsement of the Ashcroft amendment, a measure to lift restrictions on food
 and medical sales to Cuba.