(native) wax palm, frailejón, acacio cold and warm
weather, Sietecueros and Ceiba, among others.
ANIMALS:
Cattle is at the forefront with great diversity of pure, native and improved
breeds. In the Middle Magdalena and generally in warm climates, the pacesetter
in Cebu smaller scale. Other breeds adapted to double productivity generalized
to optimize production in all climates.
Buffalo breeding in San Miguel has been making inroads.
There are several trout farms in the municipality. CORNARE also tried to
implement breeding pacu and tilapia.
MINERALS:
The most prominent fields in terms of economic performance today are marble and
limestone for cement, whose quarries located in the village of La Danta are
exploited by big business and generate a considerable amount of royalties.
There are also special clay tile and brick manufacturing in the village of
Upper Savanna, in the San Francisco's clay for making pots and vases. Sonsón
also has special granite quarries and rock for Balastrera
