Sommet de l’Élevage 2023: dates, venue and themes
Sommet de l’Élevage 2023 took place on 3–6 October in Cournon-d’Auvergne near Clermont-Ferrand, linking livestock breeding with farm equipment.
3–6 October 2023, Grande Halle d’Auvergne, Cournon-d’Auvergne, France
Sommet de l’Élevage 2023 ran for four days, 3–6 October, at the Grande Halle d’Auvergne, linking livestock breeding with the buildings, feed and labour behind it.
What happened at Sommet de l’Élevage 2023
The Auvergne livestock show returned to Cournon-d’Auvergne, just outside Clermont-Ferrand, from 3 to 6 October 2023. The Grande Halle d’Auvergne hosted the trade exhibition, organised by Sommet de l’Élevage. The event sits where two worlds meet: the breeding of animals and the technical side of a livestock farm. Competitions, genetics offers and machinery displays all had their place in the 2023 programme.
The 2023 edition kept the animal and its surroundings in the same frame. An outstanding individual is only one part of a profitable breeding business. Nutrition, fertility, health and the organisation of daily work decide what that animal delivers back home. Each part of the show answered its own question, so visitors who kept breeding stock, advice and equipment apart came away with clearer notes.
Breeders and breed organisations were the core audience, joined by feed suppliers, equipment makers and farm advisers. Feeding and handling equipment was weighed on throughput, cleaning, the demands it puts on the operator and its response to breakdowns. Genetics needed performance records and an account of the conditions behind them. A competition result was one piece of information. Whether those genetics would pay in an ordinary commercial herd was another.
For a supplier, the useful outcome was a side-by-side picture of three kinds of farm customer and what each expects. For a breeder, it was a list of measurements and technical follow-ups to run at home. A natural starting point was how new stock or equipment would sit within the existing housing, and who would provide training and support.
Highlights
- Four days at the Grande Halle d’Auvergne, 3–6 October 2023
- Breeding and farm technical set-up treated as one subject
- Genetics, equipment and services weighed on separate terms
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