Experimental Station INIA – La Estanzuela Alberto Boerger As a part of the Uruguay National heritage the Agricultural research centre has been established for over 100 years and is part of an estate of five research centres in the country. This one is situated in the Colonia Province and is about 180 km’s from the capital Montevideo. Alberto Boerger in …
World Secretariat Uruguay: Visit to Curupy Del Salvador
World Secretariat Uruguay: Visit to Curupy Del Salvador
Located on the banks of the San Salvadore river, Curupy Estancia, is a family owned business and has been in the family since 1930 when it was a dedicated steer fattening farm and was commercially based around that activity. They started to keep their own cows around 1975 and after the drought of 1996 they moved to close the production …
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World Secretariat Uruguay: Visit to Cabana Bayucua
World Secretariat Uruguay: Visit to Cabana Bayucua
Located in the SW of Salto province, Bayucua was founded in 1906 by Don Antonio Mattos. In 1917 the first Aberdeen-Angus stock started to appear at shows in Uruguay and the first grand Champion Kaiser was presented at by show by Matos Hnos and Otero in 1917. The breed goes back a long way and only two years later in …
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World Secretariat Uruguay 2019: Visit to Frigorifico Modelo SA
World Secretariat Uruguay 2019: Visit to Frigorifico Modelo SA
Estancia Caraguata, situated in the NE part of the country the estancia is the property of the Fernandez family and along with the three sister estancias form the estate of Frigorifico Modelo SA. The family has been in agriculture in Uruguay since the first estancia was acquired in 1929 and are one of the oldest established Aberdeen-Angus herds in Uruguay. …
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Student seeking traineeship opportunity: can you help?
Student seeking traineeship opportunity: can you help?
French student Morgan Fillâtre is 19 years old and seeking a traineeship from 27th May to 21st June 2019 in an Aberdeen-Angus farm in the UK or Ireland. Morgan’s father is a breeder in France, breeding Aberdeen-Angus cattle and pigs. If you think you might be able to help Morgan in his search, please get in touch via: email: fillatre29@gmail.com Mobile: …