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15 April 2021

Cuba loosens ban on cattle slaughter, sales of beef, dairy
Cuba announced that it was loosening a decades-old ban on the slaughter of cattle and sale of beef and dairy as part of agricultural reforms as the Communist-run country battles with food shortages....

24 May 2018

Dairy Industry Gets Face Lift in Central Cuban Province
CUBA - The introduction this year of more efficient and modern technological equipment in the Dairy Products Company of Ciego de Ávila will make the production process viable in this industry, key to guaranteeing food to the population....

21 November 2017

French Development Agency Finances Cattle Raising Project in Camaguey
CUBA - Cuban authorities and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed a credit agreement to finance a cattle raising development project in the province of Camaguey for €25 million....

13 February 2017

Investment in Cattle Sector in Province of Villa Clara
CUBA - The province of Villa Clara has begun an investment process in the cattle sector with the installation of 50 turbines to extract deep water sites with an investment process in the cattle sector which includss 86 new pumps....

03 April 2009

Cuba Asks to Join International Mad Cow Project
CUBA - Cuba has requested to be included in a project of the Agricultural and Food Organization (FAO) that is seeking to prevent mad cow disease. ...

21 March 2008

Milk Production in Camagüey benefits from rains, water storage
CUBA - The dry summer season, that in the past has caused local milk production to crash has passed this year without too many problems, thanks to new the water storage arrangements, reports Gualveris Rosales Sánchez....

18 March 2008

Cuba to Lift Ban on Farmers Supplies
CUBA - Reports from Cuba indicate that it has lifted a ban on some farmers buying supplies. ...

27 December 2007

Cuban Deputies Vote to Increase Animal Fodder
HAVANA - Cuba is working to consolidate its food security with increased national production and better use of the land, to remove it from the high prices of the international market. ...

21 November 2007

Camagüey Produces Cheese and Ice Cream from Buffalo Milk
CAMAGUEY - An effective way for saving hard currency in the purchase of powdered milk, and consequently reducing imports; the workers of the Camagüey-based company of dairy products (EMPLAC) are making cheese and ice cream from the highly fat-riched...