border with Costa Rico and the soon to be completed road to
Boquete. Crops in and around Volcan include onions, cabbage, carrots, coffee,
bananas, potatoes, lettuce, corn, tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli and cut
flowers. Large dairy, horse and cattle farms with many smaller sheep, pigs and chicken
farms are along the roads into Volcan. A few kilometres north of Volcan on the
road to Cerro Punta is a large trout farm. The farming community is supported
by a large Catholic High School, San Benito, dedicated to the improvement of
farming methods in Panama.
Volcan is 1,400 metres (4,617 feet) above sea level and at 8.5 degrees
North; the weather is Springlike the year around with afternoon highs of upper
70s and night time lows to the lower 60s. It has two seasons, wet and dry.
Starting around December 1, the dry season last for five months