This document summarizes a livestock farm and hotel project in Spain. It describes the history of the farm starting in 1999 with dairy and meat cattle production on 80 hectares of land. In 2005, a hotel was added on the property. Due to rural planning regulations, the cattle were moved out of town for hygiene and noise reasons. EU funding helped build infrastructure like roads, electricity, and buildings. Farmers now rent the land and invest in their own equipment. Originally producing milk, low milk prices led to switching to beef production in 2010. Currently there are around 120 cattle, some of which are certified. The farm works with a cooperative of 8 members and employs 6 people. Feeding and maintaining the cattle is expensive while meat

1. Ganadería & Mascohotel

2. Project description
• 1999: Livestock farm (milk/meat): 80 ha
-Crossbred: Charolais and local breed
• 2005: Mascohotel
• Location: XXX

3. What happened?
• Rural planning:
Cattle out of town: hygiene + noise
• EU funding of infrastructure:
Roads + electricity + building
• Farmers rent the land
Own investment in equipment

4. Situation of livestock farm
• Before 2010: Milk production
-low price of milk
➡ production costs higher than income
• Since 2010: Beef production

5. Now
• ±120 Cows:
-50 under IGP Sierra Norte de Madrid control
-Not pure breed
• Part of cooperative (8 members)
• 6 Employees
• Help of family members
• Purchase of hay and feed concentrate
• Break-even: feeding and maintenance expensive,
low price of meat

6. Farm owner evaluation
-Positive assessment of project initiative
-Negative impact of external factors:
crisis and rising prices of cattle feed

7. Own opinion
• Not right location?
• Why not grow own hay?
• Too many intermediates

8. Proposals
• Find direct way to market
-through cooperative
• Expand cooperative and work with more diversified
cooperatives
-cheaper cattle feed
• Diversification: complementary activities
-Own feed
-Stimulation of agrotourism
• Focus on breeding & meat production
• Maximize use of available natural resources
• Use organic waste of Madrid/other farms?