Colombian Federation of Cattle Ranchers (Fedegan)

The Colombian Federation of Cattle Ranchers (Fedegan) is a non-profit trade union organization, created on December 13, 1963 under Colombian private law and as a decision of the IX National Congress of Livestock Farmers.

As the top guild of Colombian livestock, Fedegan brings together, as affiliates, regional and local livestock union organizations, as well as other entities linked to national livestock activity.

Its highest corporate body is the National Congress of Ranchers, which meets every two years to elect the National Board of Directors, which in turn elects the Executive President, legal representative of the Federation and spokesperson for the expectations and interests of Colombian ranchers.

Objectives

To competitively produce meat and milk through the incorporation of modern productive processes, the integration of productive chains and a solid trade organization of producers, in order to contribute to economic development, social balance and the preservation of peace in the Colombian countryside.

This organization’s vision is to make livestock a modern, profitable, solidary, sustainable and socially responsible activity for the country’s well-being.

Services

Fedegan, as a service provider to the farmers, is an integrated organization that articulates the different resources (its own, the FNG, the EFF and those managed by Fedegan before other entities) under the guidance and aim to achieve the well-being of livestock, through the modernization of this activity, in order to achieve the levels of productivity and competitiveness that will allow the livestock to establish itself in the national market and projected to the international markets.

Some of the services provided by Fedegan are:

- Almagán is the virtual portal for purchasing agricultural supplies.

- National Bovine Feeding Programme.

- National Distribution of Biological.

History

The cattle arrived in America with the Spanish conquistadors as an indispensable element for feeding. The indigenous people did not have domestic animals, therefore, without livestock the conquest and appropriation of the American continent would have been impossible.

During the twentieth century, livestock farming became important as an industry, as population growth demanded greater productivity, the country's moderation and its strong link to the world economy. That's why the history of livestock is the history of the country.

Contact

37 Street Nº14 – 31

Bogotá, Colombia

57 (1) 578-2020

References

https://www.fedegan.org.co