Breeding
Oil1996 the paternal conduction of the sheep breeding from milk made up of 300 animals; in a few years the garments come doubled and in 2003 we continue to grow from 600 to 750 sheep clothes.
milk transfer to the dairy of Amiata Ciolo Spa - with the acquisition, in 1998, of Ciolo by the Alival group - from the new millennium it begins to be less and less interesting and in a few years the production of quality milk is no longer cheap.
2010 we start the reduction of the farm by selling gradually the leaders until, in 2013, the conversion takes place breeding from sheep to bovine Limousine breed in selection, starting with 5 mares, 2 heifers and a certified bull and building his genetic line in five years working on the herd.
For today, raising all the females, the breeding has reached 24 mares and two bulls, the first of which was recently sold and replaced in its entirety with the second due to the obvious need to not create lines of consanguinity.
The breeding is semi-wild type with free shelters for all the animals (both mares and fattening calves) and the pasture takes place on 60 of the farm hectares. The feeding is therefore exclusively business also in the integration with own fodder and grains, of organic production, and without addition of corn, soy, mineral salts or any other external contribution.
The company starts the organic conversion phase in May 2015, & nbsp; and today is certified organic for all products.
business management followed the principles of organic farming already a few years after Andrea took over the family business, creating a valuable extra virgin olive oil bivarietale - like confirmed by the complete analyzes performed on the product - called "The share of Setulio".
The stable production line of meat for the sale to the consumer will be activated with the completion of its own manufacturing premises for the end of October 2018.
In the meantime the company has also followed the other line of development, involving 4 male garments for life as breeders.