“We thought we were a 10”: the dream of an award that the flood frustrated a producer

Facundo Suárez, a Laprid agricultural producerprovince of Buenos Aires, arrived with the illusion of showing off and taking out a prize on the central track of the Rural Exhibition of Palermo, With three Angus Blacks of the La Paloma cabin. However, the competition had started much earlier in the field, where the rains and floods In that area they complicated the entire preparation process in the previous months. “This year it was not how we would have liked, things about competition. We arrived thinking that we were a 10, but in reality we were 8. We were very complicated with floods. We had a very bad time and the animals also had a very bad time. That caused them not to arrive in optimal conditions, that it was difficult for them to adapt. In fact, many animals could not come“He said. The cabin had to leave animals in her establishment due to the logistics difficulties generated by excess water.”When you have flood problems, the logistics issue is very complicated: Forage resources in a timely manner. It happens that the staff is tired and the roads, impassable. The mud complicates everything, ”he explained.One of the animals of the Angus race with which he competed in Palermoel producer stressed that the weather can ruin years of work in a few weeks. “You do not arrive with forage resources or proper feeding, Because you can't get to the field in a timely manner. Animals suffer being in the mud, you can't do resources as you want at the time. All that carries a complication “, story. These effects are reflected in the long term and, above all, when competing in the rural. “As farmer I know how complicated it can become a flood for the animal to reach optimal conditions”, He stressed. The impact was not only in the number of animals that could reach the exhibition, but also in their state.“The pickets were totally flooded. We had to move them and the mud continued. The animal lives in humidity, food gets wet, it cannot rest or feed as it should. All of that generates stress “he lamented and said that these situations have a negative impact on the animal. A bull of the cabin topped within the framework of the Rural Exhibition of Palermo “It is reflected in the fatness with which they have to come and in the ideal physical state to come to compete, they can lose kilos. In a better situation we would have arrived with the animals in a better condition, as happened years ago ”said. This year, The dove, where they produce Meat, breeders and embryos of angus races Black and Colorado, presented in Palermo Three black Angus specimens: a two -year -old bull, an intermediate heifer and an intermediate veal. They competed during the week, but did not reach the expected results. “We had to lower animals in the field because they were not ready. And, well, this is the competition”, He resigned. The Paloma is a relatively new cabin in the Palermo circuit, according to the producer. His first landing was after the pandemic after a decision of its owners; this was just his third exhibition.”We still lack [mejorar]. There are cabins to which we admire a lot, that we would like to match. But it is not easy to access all the information on how they prepare. You have to investigate, ask, and continue learning, ”said Suarez.Facundo Suárez explains the consequences of rains in animals Its main activity before starting as an exhibitor was the particular sale of bulls and the breeding of calves. Today seeks to position the dove in the competitive world of elite livestock. This situation reflects it through social networks. “This also leads us to think about how we have to start preparing an animal properly. We are improving day by day, although we still have a way to go. There are cabins in which we would like to make a mirror, or try to match them, with state -of -the -art animals. You always have to try to see how to match them and get to it. Sometimes it is difficult to know how to do it, although we know that it is important to deepen the subject”, Said. Facundo Suarez was previously dedicated to the private sale of bulls and the breeding of calves the nation