Las Tunas sugar mills have reported high losses of harvesting time.

In Las Tunas, only 25 percent of the planned sugar has been produced, amounting to more than 61,000 tons, the largest quantity assigned to a territory in the country, according to Eddy Felipe Hechavarría, director of Azcuba's Coordination and Technical Supervision Group in the province.

Farmer  Dainer de la Cruz bets on agroecology

Dainer de la Cruz Barrios began to work the land as soon as he turned 18, but studying wasn't his thing and he knew that the life of a vagabond didn't suit him either, so he went into the bush, with all his youth behind him, to carve his path.

A wet season with rainfall within the norm is expected

This month, the humid period has begun throughout Cuba, a stage that is longed for by food producers in the province of Las Tunas, as it is significant for the planting and growth of crops and livestock.

Metunas retail shop

With the official opening of its retail shop, the Francisco (Paco) Cabrera metal structures company -METUNAS, as it is commercially known- reaffirmed its commitment to the country's economic priorities for this year.