The Los Cabos municipal government has delivered 35 truckloads of subsidized alfalfa to nearly 1,000 livestock producers across the municipality’s rural communities since January, as part of a drought-relief program led by Mayor Christian Agúndez Gómez.
The program, run through the city’s Rural Development Department under director Raúl Montaño Ojeda, covers freight costs so ranching families can access feed at below-market prices. The most recent delivery went to the Cabo San Lucas delegation, bringing the total there to nine truckloads. The remaining 26 loads have gone to rural zones throughout the municipality.
Drought Relief for Rural Communities
Montaño Ojeda said the subsidized alfalfa program is designed to offset the effects of ongoing drought on the cattle sector. Los Cabos sits at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, where arid conditions make locally grown feed scarce and expensive. Most alfalfa must be trucked in from mainland Mexico or the agricultural valleys of northern Baja California, making freight a major cost for small-scale ranchers.
In a separate delivery on August 9, the municipality distributed 2,000 bales of alfalfa and 50 metric tons of concentrated cattle feed (equal to 2,000 sacks) directly to producers. That event took place at the Narciso Agúndez Castro feed warehouse in Santa Anita, a farming community near San José del Cabo.
Expanded Deliveries Planned
Mayor Agúndez has announced plans to double the delivery schedule from five to ten freight loads per month. The expansion aims to reach more of the roughly 1,000 producing families scattered across Los Cabos’ inland delegations, where cattle ranching remains one of the few reliable income sources outside the tourism economy.
“Supporting the countryside is planting the future for Los Cabos,” Agúndez said during the August 9 delivery. “Behind every producer there is a family, a story, and a dream that deserves support.”
The program also includes other agricultural inputs. At a May event for 150 producers, the municipality handed out 1,000 bales of alfalfa, 1,000 sacks of concentrated feed, 200 drip-irrigation lines, 100 bags of fertilizer, and 12 hydraulic pumps. Officials said these supplies are part of a broader strategy to strengthen food security and rural competitiveness in the municipality.
This story was first reported by the Los Cabos municipal government and HOY BCS.