Spring Fair Kicks Off in Antequera

The Antequera Fairgrounds have hosted the inaugural visit to the exhibition of the Malagueña goat breed, one of the central activities of AGROGANT and the Spring Fair 2025. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Spanish Association of Malagueña Goat Breeders, gathers more than 250 specimens and offers a complete program of activities over three days that combine dissemination, educational interaction, and the promotion of products derived from this native breed.

The mayor of Antequera, Manuel Barón, accompanied by the municipal delegate of Traditions and Major Festivals, Elena Melero, led the institutional visit along with the rest of the government team and members of the municipal corporation. Representing the Spanish Association of Malagueña Goat Breeders was the technician Maribel Martín, who detailed the content and objectives of the exhibition.

During his speech to the media, Barón highlighted the heritage, economic, and cultural value of this native breed, emphasizing the importance of its roots in the southern Torcal region: "It is our livestock, our goat breed, and we need to showcase it, improve it, and provide opportunities for our farmers. It is a species that, with the work of associations like this one, is achieving extreme quality in both milk and meat, especially in the suckling kid, which is internationally demanded and envied."

He also expressed gratitude to the association's technicians "for their professionalism, for their attention, and for making Antequera a reference center in the promotion of this breed."

For her part, Maribel Martín explained that the exhibition gathers around 255 animals of different ages and productive categories, allowing the public to see the genetic variety and the health status of the breed. She also detailed the program content that will take place over the weekend, focusing especially on children's participation: "We will have morphological ratings, workshops for children to bottle-feed the kids, making and tasting fresh cheese, a rural-themed photo booth, badge-making and painting workshops... All designed so that the little ones get to know the breed and have a close experience with it."

The exhibition will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM, and Sunday from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Among the most notable activities in the program are demonstrations of artisan cheese making with tastings included, interactive children's workshops, and practical sessions of morphological rating on track.