The new facilities have been inaugurated by the Minister of Agriculture and the mayor
The Cattlemen's Association Caravaca has a typing center Sheep, which will help to offer a homogeneous product quality and production costs REDUCING.
The new facilities have been inaugurated today by the Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, and the mayor of Caravaca, Domingo Aranda, accompanied by the Director General of Livestock, Adolfo Falagan, and the president of the group, Julian Martinez, and by many farmers in the area.
Characterization Center will classify animals by sex, weight, origin and fatness with reliable and objective methods.
These facilities are backed by a spacecraft ready for common bait lambs produced by farmers members of the group.
Both the center and at the new building will contribute to improve the market competitiveness and value added meat production.
The mayor of Caravaca, Domingo Aranda, thanked "the support that the regional government is paying to an industry as emblematic as the sheep, which is especially relevant Caravaca be producing area segureña race and be a source of creation job. "
For its part, Cerda explained that the objective pursued is to market products whose quality reaches its demand loyalty, "and has said that actions like this," place the cattle in the XXI century. "
During the past three years, the Cattlemen's Association has received from the regional administration a total of 661,000 euros, of which about 300,000 have been allocated to the provision of services and infrastructure.
Currently Caravaca Cattlemen's Association is composed of 33 members and about 32,200 head of cattle from sheep bred Segureña.
The group, which maintains close links with the Regional Association of Sheep Segureño (Ancona), is fully committed to breeding and improving the quality of the local breed Segureña.
Recently, the Sheep Segureño consolidated through its publication in the Official Gazette, IGP identification mark, which recognizes the quality and environmental contribution to production systems based on sustainable and environmentally friendly natural.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz