Fegasur opens with 600 head of livestock and 25 stands until Sunday

The C-Ifeca fairground in Jerez hosts from this Friday, November 6, until Sunday, November 8, the twenty-fifth edition of Fegasur, the Livestock and Agriculture Fair organised by the Diputación de Cádiz. Entry is free and the fairground can be visited during the three days. The event returns after two years in which it had to be suspended due to outbreaks of infectious diseases that affected the animals. On this occasion it brings together more than 600 head of livestock, 8.6% more than in the last edition held. There are specimens of bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine and poultry breeds, and in the commercial area 25 stands have been set up with agricultural and livestock machinery, feed, health, breeders' associations, animal equipment, automotive and work clothing.

One of the central moments will come on Sunday, November 8, at 12:00, with the National Livestock Auction. Alongside the exhibition and commercial activity, the programme includes talks by professionals from the sector, visits by school groups, workshops, food tastings and children's tastings, within the «Todos en Fegasur» programme, designed to raise awareness of the agricultural and livestock production of the province. There are also guided educational visits from the Environmental Education and Sustainability Programme, the Instituto de Empleo y Desarrollo Socioeconómico y Tecnológico (IEDT) will present its cross-border cooperation projects with Portugal and the exhibition «Bestiarium» can be seen, by the photographer José Barea, with images of native breeds of select Spanish livestock. The president of the Diputación, Almudena Martínez, has stated at the opening that the fair is an «essential event for strategic segments of the province» and has stressed the importance of conveying the value of agriculture and livestock farming to new generations. The second vice-president and head of the Area of Ecological Transition, Javier Vidal, has called for dignifying the working conditions of rural people. According to the data provided by the president, in the current term 6.6 million euros have been allocated in subsidies to livestock farming, agriculture and fishing. To check schedules and the rest of the activities, go to the Ifeca website.