HAVANA -- (AP) -- A visiting Texas congressman called Tuesday for renewed
 agricultural trade between the United States and Cuba, saying it was time to lift
 the trade embargo on food and medicine sales to the communist country.

 ``We need to develop trade relations,'' Nick Lampson said, after meeting with the
 Havana Port Authority to get a rundown on the nation's port facilities. The
 Beaumont Democrat met earlier with foreign commerce officials.

 Lampson arrived in Cuba Monday afternoon with a group of rice growers from the
 Texas Farm Bureau who want to investigate business opportunities on the island.