The municipality of El Salvador, in the province of Guantánamo, is progressing in a soybean planting program aimed at supplying raw material to the local dairy industry, as reported on Tuesday by the official media Venceremos.
The territory currently has 15 hectares planted —10 from the state sector and five from usufructuaries— and has an optimistic goal of closing the year with 100 hectares planted.
Forty of them will be planted in August at the farm of producer Jorge Fernández, and the rest will be completed during the cold season, starting in September, as confirmed by Magalys Luca Padilla, director of the El Salvador Agroforestry Company.
The immediate destination of the harvest is the Dairy Products Company of the province to produce yogurt.
The production of edible oil is presented as a long-term objective, contingent upon the program continuing to expand in area.
Luca Padilla noted that in the coming days, the first sale to Lácteos will be finalized, which he described as "an initial step in the goal of reviving such an important and sought-after production."
The official attributed the need to produce soy locally to the impossibility of importing the grain, which she blamed on the U.S. embargo.
The announcement comes as a "refreshing drizzle" in a context marked by severe scarcity.
The Minister of Food Industry, Alberto López Díaz, acknowledged in June that the regulated basket had not distributed oil, chicken, or yogurt so far this year.
Furthermore, edible oil exceeds 2,500 Cuban pesos per liter in Havana and 3,000 in some provinces, following the removal of price caps established by Resolution 150/2026.
Soy yogurt, which is part of the regulated food basket for children aged seven to 13, has faced chronic interruptions for years.
The Cuban government acknowledged that it was unable to acquire the necessary soybeans in 2025 or 2026, and that a MIPYME had to intervene to support part of the state yogurt production.
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