Due to the health situation in connection with the coronavirus, the organizing committee was forced to cancel the 2020 edition from March 27th and 28th, 2020 at Espace Gruyère in Bulle.
EXPO Bulle, the rendezvous of Holstein and Red Holstein breeding, had announced an exceptional 2020 edition. For the first time, the best of the Swiss Fleckvieh breed should have been judged.
On March 9, the organizing committee met for an extraordinary meeting and made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 edition. This decision was made after a survey among breeders which animals had registered. They were able to comment on whether they would participate in an exhibition “closed to the public”. The exhibition falls under the decision of the Federal Council, which prohibits events with meetings of over 1,000 people. The feedback from the breeders was clear: the presence of over half of the registered animals could not be guaranteed.
Under these circumstances and because the health situation does not suggest that the preventive measures will be relaxed, the organizing committee had to regret this “dairy cattle breeding festival” with great regret.
The Organizing Committee is particularly saddened by this situation, but believes that protecting the population must be a priority. It hopes to see breeders, sponsors and spectators again on March 26th and 27th, 2021. This 2021 edition will be the highlight of the World Holstein Conference, which for the same reasons was postponed to the end of March 2021 in the 2m2c congress center in Montreux.