Agroaldea
The Fair will be held at the Pozo Negro Farm, Fuerteventura, of the 16 to the 19 April.
What is considered the most important agricultural and livestock fair in the Canary Islands, EAGF, celebrates its edition of 2015, the twenty-ninth in its history, of the 16 to the 19 April at the fairgrounds set up at the Pozo Negro Experimental Agricultural Farm.
The Livestock Technical Conferences, that will serve to present the latest news related to the sector, They repeat the formula of the previous year and go ahead of the fair to celebrate the 8 to the 10 April at the Antigua Casino.
After holding the technical conferences, The highlights of the program in Pozo Negro will be the National Goat's Milk Cheese Competition – Tabefe awards Fuerteventura, unique of its kind at the state level, the exhibition of almost a thousand heads of cattle, holding livestock competitions (morphological, milk yield, etc.) that serve as a meeting point for ranchers and to measure the quality of their cabins, the traditional goat auction, and different events related to the recovery and enhancement of the native Canarian breeds, among others.
Among the new features this year are the return of the Apañada de Monteagudo, that will arrive at noon on Saturday in Pozo Negro, or the recovery of the 'Fuerteventura Biosphere Pigeon Derby', in which the arrival of pigeons released in Tenerife is expected after touring 250 kilometers.
The Livestock Technical Conference will bring together a variety of experts from different parts of the Canary Islands and the peninsula., who will present the latest news on topics such as the collective marketing of cheeses, nutrition and diseases in goat farming, Correct hygiene practices in the production of artisan cheese, o practical feeding in dairy goats, among others.
Continuing in the line of recent years, Majorero farm products will play an important role in the fair, through cheese tastings, tastings, shows cooking, or direct sales to the public at the cheese shops and at the Biosphere Agricultural Market..
The thousands of visitors, the dozens of cheese factories and livestock farms attending, the hundreds of companies and institutions represented, the countless contests, charlas, exhibitions and presentations, or the presence of around thirty different varieties of livestock, they make this fair by numbers, diversity and quality, the most important of its kind at the regional level.
EAGF 2015
The edition of 2015 of FEAGA offers us the possibility of enjoying an event that is no longer just the Fuerteventura Fair, but the appointment with the most important primary sector in the entire Archipelago due to the quality of the livestock on display.
In last year's edition, they gathered 950 heads of cattle on display. Goat stallions were auctioned for up to 1.025 euros and the 50 first genetic certificates of Majorera breed donkeys.
The individual milk performance contest resulted in first place for a specimen that performed 10,5 kilos. And Julián Díaz's pasteurized milk cured cheese, was chosen as the best cheese in the Canary Islands, in the XII national goat's milk cheese competition 'Tabefe Awards’ in which they competed 114 cheeses from industries in six autonomous communities.
Program of events
THURSDAY 16 OF APRIL
19:00 hours. INAUGURATION OF FEAGA by the President of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura and tour of the authorities present through the fair facilities.
20:00 hours. Pre-selection of the cheeses participating in the XIII National Goat's Milk Cheese Competition – Tabefe Awards.
20:15 hours. Coding of the cheeses participating in the XIII National Goat's Milk Cheese Competition – Tabefe Awards and those who have passed the preselection.
FRIDAY 17 OF APRIL
09:00 hours. Exhibition cattle entry.
09:30 hours. Opening of the Fairgrounds.
09:35 hours. Presentation and start of the XIII National Goat's Milk Cheese Competition – Tabefe Awards.
09:45 hours. School visits.
10:00 hours. Morning exhibition for visitors to the schools, carrying out demonstrations of field tasks, among which the following stand out:; cheese making, threshing demonstration, guided tour of the nurseries and oil production mill, Fuerteventura product tasting workshop, Biosphere reserve.
10:10 hours. Play with Bardinos, organized by the Association for the Conservation of the Majorero Dog.
10:15 hours. Interactive workshop with horses, organized by Ecuestre Fuerteventura.
10:15 hours. Permanent exhibition of native and traditional Canarian games and sports, belonging to the program Don't forget what's ours. If you dare you can practice any modality.
11:00 hours. Releasing of carrier pigeons by C D Fortuite and the Puerto del Rosario Pigeon Pigeon Group.
16:30 hours. Journeys “Intega: Agricultural and Livestock Innovation and Technology”. Presentation of the SEGAI Service for the primary sector. University of La Laguna.
17:00 hours. Visit of senior centers.
17:05 hours. Journeys “Intega: Agricultural and Livestock Innovation and Technology”. Food Pairing: How to combine the product of excellence with its dissemination in the world of haute cuisine.
17:30 hours. Journeys “Intega: Agricultural and Livestock Innovation and Technology”. Presentation of the services of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for the primary sector. University of Las Palmas.
18:00 hours. Journeys “Intega: Agricultural and Livestock Innovation and Technology”. Presentation of the Institutional Cooperation Project: Ghana. Canarian Institute of Agricultural Research (ICIA).
18:30 hours. Folklore meeting by groups belonging to senior centers.
19:30 hours. Seminar on Morphological Assessment of the Majorera Goat by Ms. Ángeles Marichal Noda, Veterinarian of the Fuerteventura Goat Breeders Association and D. Juan Francisco Capote Álvarez, Dr. Veterinarian, ICIA researcher.
20:00 hours. Journeys “Intega: Agricultural and Livestock Innovation and Technology”. Show cooking. Gastronomic exhibition.
20:30 hours. Closure of the fairgrounds.
SATURDAY 18 OF APRIL
09:00 hours. Entry of cattle participating in the milk performance contest.
09:30 hours. Opening of the Fairgrounds.
09:30 hours. Fuerteventura Biosphere Pigeon Derby. Released from Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 250 Km, organized by the C. D. Fortuitous of Gran Tarajal, in collaboration with the Cabildo de Fuerteventura.
09:35 hours. Continuation of the XIII National Goat's Milk Cheese Competition – Tabefe Awards.
10:00 hours. Opening of the Biosphere agricultural market with products from Fuerteventura.
10:15 hours. Permanent exhibition of native and traditional Canarian games and sports, belonging to the program 'Don't forget what's ours'. If you dare you can practice any modality.
10:30 hours. II Handball Meeting Fuerteventura/Lanzarote, belonging to the program 'Don't forget what's ours.
10:35 hours. Equestrian show, organized by Ecuestre Fuerteventura.
11:15 hours. Gastronomic show-cooking with products from Fuerteventura, by the Puerto del Rosario Secondary Education Institute. Gastronomic samples will be held throughout the day.
11:25 hours. Musical performance by Grupo El Timbeque.
11:30 hours. Completion of the entry of cattle participating in the milk performance and draining competitions.
12:30 hours. FARACAN Assembly, Association of native breeds of the Canary Islands.
12:40 hours. Arrival of the Apañada de Monteagudo and confinement of cattle in the gambuesa of the Pozo Negro Experimental Farm.
13:30 hours. Fuerteventura Biosphere Pigeon Derby. Arrival of pigeons from Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 250 Km. Organized by the C. D. Fortuitous of Gran Tarajal, in collaboration with the Cabildo de Fuerteventura.
13:30 hours. Meeting of farmers participating in the Fair with goat meat barbecue, cheese, papas, gofio and local wine.
16:15 hours. Equestrian show, organized by Ecuestre Fuerteventura.
16:30 hours. Fuerteventura Biosphere Pigeon Derby. pigeon auction, organized by the C. D. Fortuitous of Gran Tarajal, in collaboration with the Cabildo de Fuerteventura.
17:00 hours. Commented tasting of Fuerteventura products, Biosphere reserve. Fuerteventura tomatoes.
18:00 hours. Livestock competitions and stallion auctions. The Fuerteventura Goat Breeders Association collaborates.
19:30 hours. Performance of the Parranda El Callao.
21:00 hours. Closure of the fairgrounds.
The IV Gastronomic Days of the Snail will be presented next Wednesday 19 OF APRIL
09:30 hours. Opening of the Fairgrounds.
09:45 hours. VI Island Exhibition of the Canary Podenco, organized by the Isla de Lobos Club of the Podenco Canario.
10:00 hours. Opening of the Biosphere agricultural market.
10:10 hours. Permanent exhibition of native and traditional Canarian games and sports, belonging to the program 'Don't forget what's ours'. If you dare you can practice any modality.
10:15 hours. Official Exhibition of Bardinos Dogs, organized by the Association for the Conservation of the Majorero Dog.
11:00 hours. Gastronomic show-cooking with products from Fuerteventura, by the Puerto del Rosario Secondary Education Institute. Gastronomic samples will be held throughout the day.
11:15 hours. Palo Canario Festival for the XVIII National Meeting of the Palo Canario Gaming Federation.
11:30 hours. Exhibition of Canary Islands Autochthonous Dog Breeds and informative event on the breeds: Pastor Garafiano (La Palma), Majorero or Bardino Dog (Fuerteventura), Presa Canario / Canary Dogo (Gran Canaria and Tenerife), Canary Hound (Gran Canaria and Tenerife), Lobo Herreño or Lobito Herreño (Iron) and Palmer Mouser (La Palma).
11:45 hours. Commented tasting of Fuerteventura products, Biosphere reserve. Fuerteventura oils.
12:00 hours. Milking of cattle participating in the milk performance contest in all its modalities.
12:30 hours. Horse race, organized by Ecuestre Fuerteventura.
13:00 hours. Commented tasting of Fuerteventura products, Biosphere reserve. Goat cheeses.
16:30 hours. Releasing of carrier pigeons by C D Fortuite and the Puerto del Rosario Pigeon Pigeon Group.
17:30 hours. Performance of the Parranda La Sebada.
18:30 hours. Presentation of prizes and distinctions and reading of the awards minutes of the XIII National Goat's Milk Cheese Contest – Tabefe Awards.
19:00 hours. Closing ceremony and at its end closure of the fairgrounds.