A rancher from La Aldea awarded in the Exhibition of Livestock Selecto.

THE SAMPLE OF GOAT CATTLE PRESENTED WON THE AWARD IN ITS CATEGORY.

Last weekend a new edition of the Select Livestock Exhibition was held at the Arucas Agricultural Farm, which added a new record of visitors and participants, counting a total of 1.500 animals present in the Sample.

The representatives of the Cabildo highlighted the efforts of the ranchers to keep this activity alive, both from the economic point of view and from the care of traditions.

In addition to the exhibition of 1.500 heads of cattle among cows, goats, sheep, pigs, horses, donkeys and dogs, During the three days, threshing demonstrations were carried out, shears it, the preparation of sugar cane guarapo, fruit drying or gofio production.

In this edition, two ranchers from La Aldea presented the best of their cattle. On the one hand, Esteban Tovar, who came with a batch of goats and, for another, Francisco Perez, that showed a goat-majorero lot. It was with the latter that this young rancher won a prize.

The annual recognitions for the livestock sector also fell to Pedro Montesdeoca Lozano, country beef, Gregorio Diaz Martin, dairy cattle, Conrado Marrero Pérez, canary sheep, the black pig breeders association Granja del Tío Isidro, the Canario Podenco Club, the Gran Can Verdino Bardino Majorero dog association and the Presa Canario Dog Club of Las Palmas.

On the other hand, Juan Armas Rodríguez was also distinguished, from Agala wineries, and Inocencio Lugo García, from Los Berrazales, that received recognition for their success at the recent Agrocanarias Fair in the white wine section.

Finally, The prizes were awarded to the Gran Canarian winners in the latest edition of the World Cheese Awards to Pedro Santiago from the Queso de Flor de Valsequillo society.; Indalecio Pérez González, from the La Viejita de Agüimes cooperative; Oscar de Leon Villar, of the Guiniguada livestock farm in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Mario Reyes Ortega, of Madrelagua Cheeses; Benjamin Martell Hernandez, from Caprican de Valsequillo; Avoid Aguiar Batista, of The Shepherdess; María Dolores Hernández Martell, Hoya lion of Valsequillo; María del Carmen Pérez Castellano, from Madrevieja de Moya; Juan Andrés Vizcaíno, from The Good Shepherd of Valsequillo; and José Santana Martell, from the Roque Grande Cheese Factory in Valsequillo.