The Governor was in the 6 th International Sheep and Goats

Beder in Brazil: seeking alternatives to strengthen the Provincial Plan Caprino

The governor Beder Herrera and the provincial deputy Luis Orquera attended the 6th International Fair of Goats and Sheep (FEINCE) which takes place from 10 to 14 March 2009, at the Exhibition Centre Immigrants, San Pablo, Brazil. The purpose of the trip focused on acquiring specific knowledge about the different breeds of sheep and goats, and recent advances in genetics, to strengthen the Provincial Plan Caprino driven by the provincial government. "What we need and we intend in La Rioja is to install cabins in order to develop genetics, we have more than three thousand farmers and what is needed is help in the genetic aspect, pastures and commercialization", stated the owner of executive.

The governor Beder Herrera said "We came for a day to visit the most important fair in South America, mainly to watch the races, as we had information on some species of sheep that can occur in La Rioja, as is the black Santa Ines an exceptional and unique animal, this is one of the few places in the world that has developed this gene, animals that weigh 150 kilograms. "

He stressed that "we also see many Boer, a race already known in our province, but in this case with a very advanced genetics, we are acquiring specific knowledge to La Rioja".

With regard to the Provincial Program Caprino, the President said that "the province is developing a major program goats and what we need and we intend in La Rioja is to install cabins in order to develop genetics, we have more than three thousand farmers and what is need is help in the genetic aspect, pastures and marketing, a big bottleneck that has La Rioja, where producers can not benefit from the price. "

He also referred to work being done by the New Millennium Cabana installed in Formosa, with its owner, Michael Mellano, "we have held several meetings, he also participated in this exhibition in Argentina and probably going to do something for the province of La Rioja through the cabins that administers "he said.

Cabin New Millennium

The head of the New Millennium cabin of Formosa, Michael Mellano said that "the cabins in Argentina means the future of these goats, we received last year Dorper sheep, on which we are working hard to give identity to the activity ".

In that regard, he added that "all that is small ruminant livestock in our country is a bit neglected, and we think that with this work and with a first-line laboratory, as well as in vitro fertilization inserted in a production model, let's take a generational leap. "

With respect to its participation in the fair FEINCE, said "there's about four thousand Dorper animals, Boer and St. Agnes, here we can see how it interacts industry and brings the whole development activity."

In relation to work to develop in the province of La Rioja, Mellano said that "the government of La Rioja speaks our language and the governor is above what we can develop, he intends to work hard in the Dorper sheep breed and insert the Santa Ines breed, we wanted to observe the animal and as such can be adapted to the area. "

"In La Rioja going to mount a production model on Dorper sheep and Santa Ines, to get to meet a production target of a certain number of tons in the designated area, in that sense the hut soon have New Millennium and technical staff Rioja for artificial insemination and embryo transfer, and shows the new animals, "he added.

FEINCE 2009 - International Fair of Goats and Sheep

FEINCE 2009, is the sixth International Exhibition of goats and sheep, which takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, through Saturday March 14. St. Paul became the capital of South American cattle and goats, with more than 100 parallel events, 4,200 animals of 20 different breeds, including St. Agnes, Dorper, Île-de-France, Suffolk, Merino Australian Bergamacia, Romney Marsh, Border Leicester, Lacaune, Karakul, Texel, Dorper, Poll Dorset, Hampshire Down, Crioulo, Boer, Saanen, Alpine, Anglo Nubian and Toggenburg.

In addition there were 150 exhibitors and 300 farmers in a vast new 40 thousand square meters.

Currently this show is a benchmark in the industry and anticipates trends for all links of the chain. Transactions are usually more than 10 million euros at auction, and this fair in its latest issue revealed a 145% growth compared to last year.

Demonstrates not only the vocation which has Brazilian for sheep and goats, but also the vocation of the State of Sao Paulo as a major center of distribution and generation businesses.

Federation is currently a display window of the productive chain of the industry, especially with the program developed in parallel activities, highlighting the FEINCE international conference, held from today until March 13, in collaboration with the Brazilian Service of Support to micro and small enterprises and the University of San Pablo.

Here participants can enjoy two kinds of different programs, one related to the market and managing professionals interested in strengthening their businesses and employ, and the other focuses on technical issues such as sanitation, breeding and management among other topics .

This is an innovative project because of the demand grew and attracted over 50 exhibitors from breeders who offer direct generation of new businesses. There were also visited by more than 14 foreign delegations, including Argentina, Denmark, Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico and the United States, who came to the State of Sao Paulo accompanied to the best of genetics, sanitation, management, equipment, courses, auctions, and many other activities that combine more than one hundred side events.

Was held at the Exhibition Centre Immigrants, the only pavilion with ISO 9000, which is ready to host events of the most varied segments of the agriculture and livestock exhibition level.

Federation is the largest center for dissemination of the knowledge and trends in sheep and goats in Latin America.

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