Overview
- Organizers confirmed there will be no cows, bulls or calves at the Salon International de l’Agriculture from February 21 to March 1 after last-ditch talks for a limited symbolic presence collapsed.
- It is a first for the 62-year-old show and for the 132-year-old Concours Général Agricole; the Brahman mascot Biguine will not appear and the official poster will be replaced.
- Sheep, pigs, goats, horses, dogs and cats remain scheduled, yet some ovine and porcine groups have begun to withdraw in solidarity with cattle breeders and to signal broader grievances.
- Hall 1 will be redesigned and a remade program will be unveiled at a press conference in early February, with organizers urging calm discussions rather than confrontation.
- France’s agriculture minister says the DNC situation is largely contained, while the policy of culling entire infected herds and ongoing farm-sector discontent continue to fuel protests.