How do you fail to create a domestic dairy industry when there’s no real competition from abroad? How do you fail when you’re the only game in town?? Do Cubans just not like dairy products all that much?
He tried with holsteins, which, as it turns out, really don't like tropical islands. Then he tried to crossbreed them with more heat tolerant but less productive breeds to produce a supercow, which only succeeded in creating a single individual that actually met expectations.
Island has no natural resources and has trouble feeding the entire population
Refuse to develop the Sugar and Tobacco industries and spend all the nation's wealth on dairy, despite no one doing that because cows can't survive the climate.
The US was extremely lucky that he was just a sub 80 who’s idea of power was cigars for breakfast women for lunch and ice cream for dinner and not an actual Marxist who wanted so spread communism.
Slightly related, many people in Eastern Europe to this day are nostalgic for the ice cream produced during Soviet times. Apparently it just tasted really good.
Real-Ad-1728@reddit
How do you fail to create a domestic dairy industry when there’s no real competition from abroad? How do you fail when you’re the only game in town?? Do Cubans just not like dairy products all that much?
ProblemEfficient6502@reddit
He tried with holsteins, which, as it turns out, really don't like tropical islands. Then he tried to crossbreed them with more heat tolerant but less productive breeds to produce a supercow, which only succeeded in creating a single individual that actually met expectations.
Vinluv0Handesbuk@reddit (OP)
There was a reason there was no competition
DinoMastah@reddit
Vinluv0Handesbuk@reddit (OP)
The US Government was extremely lucky to have an enemy like Castro,they just couldn't realize it.
HairyDegree624@reddit
He’s basically French at that point.
Vinluv0Handesbuk@reddit (OP)
The US was extremely lucky that he was just a sub 80 who’s idea of power was cigars for breakfast women for lunch and ice cream for dinner and not an actual Marxist who wanted so spread communism.
Thin_General_8594@reddit
Yes, I read the post too
Vinluv0Handesbuk@reddit (OP)
Same
CupcakeInsideMe@reddit
narex456@reddit
It's because he tried with cows instead of mexicows.
SierraDespair@reddit
Was it autism?
Vinluv0Handesbuk@reddit (OP)
Upside,the 60s rocked. Downsides,the 60s in Cuba sucked
PrrrromotionGiven1@reddit
Slightly related, many people in Eastern Europe to this day are nostalgic for the ice cream produced during Soviet times. Apparently it just tasted really good.
TrexarSC@reddit
Nice try fed
SirHyrumMcdaniels@reddit
Ubrea blanca "white udder"
SmoothPimp85@reddit
They produced Ana de Armas, that's enough.