Charolais, Montbéliardes and other Salers, usual stars of this meeting, will be the great absent of this 34th edition of the Breeding Summit, the largest meeting of the genre in Europe. And without cows, without competition, while the summit, accustomed to receiving the cream from the French flock, was organizing the Charolais national competition this year.
In question: contagious nodular dermatosis (DNC) which, after the Alps, hit the Rhone, which approaches the central macorrolif and its mountain farms, where the manifestation is celebrated every year.
This represents 1,300 animals less, according to General Commissioner Benoît Delaloy. However, breeders representing 24 cattle races will be present, he argues.
Especially because the Summit for professionals this year welcomes a record number of exhibitors, 1,770, from 34 different countries, with Morocco in the center of attention.
And visitors will be able to resort to about 800 horsepower, sheep and goats.
Quick responses
DNC’s last home was discovered to the west of Lyon on September 18, which bears the number of houses detected in 47 farms from the appearance in France of this disease to 79, not transmitted to humans.
DNC leads to the loss of significant dairy production and sometimes leads to the death of the livestock.
According to the strategy adopted by the State, vaccination campaigns, the killing of all contaminated households and restrictions on animal movements were prescribed in several departments, but not in Auverne.
Despite compensation for lost herds, the killing caused great emotion among breeders. Rural coordination unions and the peasant confederation deplored that other methods have not been provided.
Breeders are now waiting for quick responses to facilitate the descent of mountain pastures, between 2,800 and 4,000 cattle could not go down around September 20, as they generally do, but also the reconstruction of sacrificed herds.
The arrival of the Minister of Agriculture Annie Genvard, has just confirmed to the new government, was a scheduled time for Tuesday, but remains uncertain, it will undoubtedly be postponed due to the general policy declaration.
100,000 visitors
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Dermatosis, farmers ‘income or the free trade agreement between the EU and the Latin American countries of Mercosur: “This is an appointment to ask all questions and problems, ascending decisions,” said a press conference David Chauve, president of Fersea Auverne-Rhône-Alpes (Regional Federation of Farmers’ Unions).
In spite of everything, the organizers hope to cross the course of 100,000 visitors, against 120,000 in 2024.
During the last edition, the breeders had faced a resurgence of MHE (epizotic hemorrhagic disease) in cattle and FCO (Catarhale ovine fever) in sheep.
The summit had been reduced to 1,600 animals, supervised by a strict sanitary protocol with deglinization and breakdown of blood. The then prime minister, Michel Barnier, had moved to announce a financial gesture.
Already in 2015, the meeting had taken place without cattle, due to an FCO epidemic.
Source: BFM TV
