There was a time when the mayor crop of Puerto Rico was the sugar cane. Now a days you dont see those large cane colonies.
Now a day, Coffee and plantain are the mayor crops. Those markets are declining also as industrialism and technology work is taking over agricultury.
Puerto Rico's agriculture "Top 10" consists of four animal industries and six crops. The dairy industry is No. 1, followed by plantains, poultry, ornamental plants, seed production (corn, soybean, sunflower, etc. for US farmers), coffee, beef and veal, tomatoes (about 70% is exported to the US during the winter months), pork, and hay.
Agriculture contributed $712.31 million to Puerto Rico's gross domestic product (GDP) in fiscal 2008-2009 (July-June), 10% below the previous year, which was $791.98 millones, according to Puerto Rico Department of Agricultura statistics.
The animal industries combined -milk, poultry, beef & veal, and pork- generated $340.37 milones, or 47.78% of the total agriculture production in fiscal 2008-2009. The six main crops -plantains, ornamental plants, seeds, coffee, tomatoes, and hay- generated $194.20 million, the remaining 26% of the island's total GDP.
Sugar cane and tobacco, two of the island's top three agricultural industries -coffee being the third- until the late 1960s, are no longer commercially grown.
Sugar cane, coffee, plantains and pigeon peas,
Plantain, Mango,
Coffee, sugar cane, plantains, mangoes,
Puerto Rico has a rain forest meaning raining in Puerto Rico is common.
Every thing is interesting in Puerto Rico.
Some current standards in puerto rico is poverty, health, life expectancy, and literacy rate.
Carnival.
The Chupacraba.
There are several types of crops that are grown in the Chena cultivation. Some of the crops that are grown are vegetables, grains, legumes, and oil crops.
The Bank of America represents Bank of America for the people in Puerto Rico. The people of Bank of America in Puerto Rico should contact the office in the state of Florida in the United States for any questions.
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Carnival.
Baseball.
London
She actually never was. She was some sort of homecoming queen, however, but not Ms. Puerto Rico.