If agriculture and Puerto Rico appear in the same sentence, most people would think of sugar cane, bananas or other tropical fruits. Yet, the dairy industry in Puerto Rico represents 25 percent of the island’s total agricultural-related income at more than $215 million dollars annually. Milk production is the single-biggest sector of Puerto Rico’s ag economy.

On his second voyage to the Americas, Christopher Columbus came across an island that stood at the leading edge of the Caribbean.

Diverse in topography, rainfall and culture, Puerto Rico became a key center to Spanish trade and exploration for nearly 400 years.