🐄💪 Você já viu uma vaca competir? Em Presidente Kennedy, no interior do Espírito Santo, tem concurso leiteiro com torcida, estratégia e muita emoção! 🏆🥛 O *Programa Negócio Rural* foi até lá mostrar os bastidores dessa curiosa e tradicional competição que valoriza o trabalho dos criadores e o protagonismo da pecuária leiteira capixaba.
00:00What makes a champion cow? I guarantee you it's not just about the amount of milk. It's about genetics,
00:22has good nutrition, and is careful too. Here in Presidente Kennedy, the dairy competition is a
00:29big party. And we'll show you behind the scenes of this competition.
00:43There they are, the stars of the contest.
00:54And what counts here, folks? It's not charm or beauty, it's milk production.
00:59The dairy competition is a tradition here. Producers bring their best cows and compete
01:06kilo for kilo of milk.
01:08This competition has clear rules. It lasts four days, and each cow undergoes controlled milkings.
01:15And here, folks, what can't happen is cheating. It's all very well monitored, right?
01:21Josué? That's right, Bruno. It's all monitored by the inspection team, right, all the technical inspectors.
01:26So, throughout the entire competition, from the first to the last, everything was monitored,
01:30everything monitored at all times.
01:32For those who are following us, I would like you to explain what the rules of the game are.
01:37There are various rules, right, there are several rules, but, well, some main ones, right,
01:42the cow has a correct order time, all cows with the same time.
01:4720 minutes.
01:4820 minutes, right, that's 15 plus 5 minutes of tolerance, all of them accompanied by a technical inspector from the company.
01:54So, all the details regarding the medication, which medication you can use, which you can't.
02:00So, here are all these details. If we talk about rules, there are seven pages of rules here.
02:06And we saw there that with each weighing, everything goes to the panel and then the cattle farmer can know how he is doing in the competition.
02:14That's it. At Progredir Events and Auctions, we now have a program that weighs milk in real time,
02:22automatically the competitor already knows, at that exact moment, on the electronic panel, in which position his cow is,
02:28What is her production, how much milk does she need to produce for him to achieve the much-desired prize on Sunday morning, right?
02:38Oh, there's one detail: the competition is blind.
02:42As we have a regularity tournament, different from the free categories, which is what produces the most,
02:48Since it's a regularity tournament, the can is sealed. The producer can't see what he's producing there.
02:53So, the guy who knows his cow best, his cow's ordering time, what milk she normally produces,
02:59is the guy who has the best chance of winning.
03:07Lucas is participating in the competition here with four cows.
03:10One of them is Sabrina, who just participated in another Mordenha.
03:15Lucas, where does this passion for livestock farming come from, huh?
03:19But this passion runs in the family, right, it's a legacy I inherited from my grandparents.
03:23My grandfather was always a rural producer, he worked with dairy cows and that's a passion, right?
03:27We improve every year, trying to improve and...
03:31And that's it.
03:34Participating in the contest, what is it like for you?
03:37Man, it's a great pleasure, because I'm from here, right,
03:40to be in my city representing the municipality, being able to bring quality animals.
03:45And it's gratifying to be here.
03:46Now, I'd like you to tell me what math you have to do, right?
03:51Because, for example, Sabrina is representing 40 kilos there.
03:56When milking, you have to get close to that amount of milk.
04:00What is mathematics?
04:02You have 20 minutes and you have to stop milking on time, boy.
04:07As I am a veterinarian, we use several calculations as feed.
04:11It is usually one kilo of feed for every three times the milk produced.
04:16So there's a whole process behind it before being here to get there and have a good result here, right.
04:22João Paulo is another participant here in the President Kennedy milk competition.
04:31Hey, João, I'd like you to explain to me how you take care of these cows.
04:36so they produce milk in abundance, huh?
04:40So, the first step is genetics, right?
04:43It is an animal that is made from the gi cow, with the Dutch cow, the Dutch breed.
04:50Then you mix the two and make girolando.
04:53That is an animal with high genetics.
04:56Then we bring it here, treat it, prepare it at home.
05:02Treat five times a day, regularly taken in the morning, six in the morning, six in the evening.
05:08You have to train like an athlete.
05:10You have to train like an athlete.
05:12Then tame them, pull them properly.
05:17And they already know when they have to express milk and more or less how much to express per day.
05:23So, here we work in limited categories, we talk, right?
05:27Here are 30, 40 and 50 liters.
05:3050 kilos, right?
05:31Then you have to control the cow approximately to give that milk.
05:39The cow that in three days will produce 30 liters, she has to produce 90 liters in three days.
05:45And in your accounts, how are they?
05:48Oh, it's a little surprise, right?
05:51That's only on the last day, but that's okay.
05:52Animal welfare is a huge concern today for those who raise cattle and for those who also participate in competitions like this one with Presidente Kennedy.
06:08Tomás is the veterinarian responsible for the organization and no one better than him to talk about the care these animals receive when they arrive at a competition and here in this warehouse, right Tomás?
06:20Yes, exactly. This is a beautiful event, an event where we have several modalities, right?
06:29Be it the dairy competition that has beautiful animals, the girolando animals, very well cared for, animals with high genetics, very well treated, management.
06:41So, congratulations to the producers.
06:44Hey Tomás, what care do we take with the animal here?
06:48I've seen that they have unlimited food, they have a quiet bed to rest and that makes all the difference to the result of the competition?
06:57Of course. These animals, they are... they are very well treated, right? Let's say, they get two, three baths a day, right?
07:08You see that the animals have smooth fur, comfortable bedding, high-quality food, whether bulky feed with hay, or good-quality water.
07:19So, these are animals that are really well treated, right?
07:23And you can't talk about livestock farming today without talking about animal welfare, right?
07:29No, exactly. Well-being, it... well, today, whether in the pet industry, whether in production animals, in farm animals, right?
07:42That, for example, the horse today, it... besides being a horse, a sporting animal, a draft animal, a work animal,
07:52he also became a pet. So, right? The horse, for example...
07:59A cow also has a name, doesn't it?
08:01Oh, it has a name, it has a tracking chip, so really, right? The concept of animal husbandry has changed a lot over time.
08:14and today it has reached the level of being respected throughout the world.
08:19In this competition, every drop counts. And when the milking is over, it's suspenseful.
08:30Very satisfied. Very favorable.
08:34Matching with victory?
08:35Absolutely. Without a doubt.
08:37For now, the work we've been doing at home is making a lot of sense to keep doing what we've been doing so far.
08:48And let's see, right? There's a bit of luck too.
08:50You at home must be wondering where this milk that has just been extracted from the cow and weighed goes.
09:15I'll show you. Come with me.
09:18Here at the back, look, at the back, here in the tender area, there is a cooler that will store all this milk
09:28And in the end, this milk will be sent to the oldest milk cooperative in Espírito Santo,
09:39which is here in the south of the state, which is Selita.
09:42Look, the cooler is here and it will fill up throughout the competition.
09:49Oh, it's almost full, guys.
09:53This milk can arrive at our house.
09:57Who knows, maybe eat some cheese, drink some milk, or some yogurt with milk extracted from the dairy competition.
10:07The municipality, for example, stands out for its dairy farming and beef farming.
10:20Today, our municipality is moving towards the largest dairy basin in the state, right?
10:25And with more than 50 thousand liters of milk a day.
10:28Thanks to the incentive programs from the Department of Agriculture, right?
10:33By the City Hall, through the Department of Agriculture, right?
10:36These public policies are applied to benefit rural producers.
10:50Edno Júnior has already participated in some dairy competitions here in the region
10:55and is part of this new generation that sees technology, science and high productivity in livestock farming.
11:02This one is a good example, right Edno?
11:05How we can produce more with fewer animals.
11:09Yes, yes. We can see here the best we have on the market today.
11:14of reproductive biotechnology.
11:17Most of the animals here come from the CIVI technique, which is in vitro fertilization.
11:23And I can say that this is an incentive for us producers.
11:26I am a veterinarian, I work with these animals and I have a partnership with my father-in-law.
11:31in milk production.
11:33And it's working, because two years ago we started a process of genetic improvement
11:37and we are already reaping the results of these animals here.
11:40We already have animals produced, I can say that they were made, born and raised on the property
11:47from the CIVI technique and other animals that we bought from outside.
11:50And what about the milk production of these animals?
11:52I can't complain about the production. It's good. The cattle are rustic, which is what
11:58we need in the region, and productivity, which are two very difficult things to achieve
12:04aligned. So, this cattle has a low cost and high production.
12:10The 26th Kennedy Expo, right? We've already been working on that, right? Highlights the dairy competition.
12:25And here, the animals, a showcase, a genetic standard for the dairy tournament.
12:29It comes in three categories: 30, 40, and 50 liters. That's what attracts the public.
12:34We demonstrate, right? What the city has to offer to all visitors and to
12:40local producers.
12:44The dairy competition is very important for the municipality, right?
12:48Which promotes local commerce at the time of the 26th Kennedy Expo.
12:54Thus, every moment of celebration is important for the municipality, which is moving in a way
13:02local commerce and brings income to the residents. And thus, showing what Kennedy has to offer
13:13and the best for Espírito Santo and the world. The festival is agricultural, right?
13:18So, we have this beautiful dairy competition there, organized by the Department of Agriculture
13:24and involves more departments, the Department of Culture, which is already part of the shows, the Department
13:32of Works, we have the Public Service Secretariat with lighting, we have the Food Court,
13:39We have an amusement park. We are very happy, very flattered.
13:48And the grand champion, huh? Who will it be?
14:06There were three great winners.
14:08In the 30-kilo category, the Tainara cow reached an average of 29.975 kilos of milk.
14:23The monkey cow produced 39.988 kilos of milk, on average over the four days in the 40 kilo category.
14:32And the Mariana cow, in the 50 kilo category, reached an average of 50.008 kilos of milk.
