The Cow`s ball in Bohinj is a special event with a very long tradition and celebrate the end of the grazing season. Around the 1950s this event also became a celebration for wider public and today, nearly 10 000 visitors including tourist visit the fair. It’s one of the most...

The Istrian cattle, also called Boškarin, belongs to the European cattle group Bos primigenius and originated from the Istria and Kvarner islands. In the past, Istrian cattle was bred in the Slovenian and Croatian part of Istria. The population size in the 1950s and 1960s was 50.000 animals and due to the different...

How to connect agriculture and tourism was the main question of the workshop organized by the agribusiness platform (https://agrobiznis.finance.si/), under the umbrella of Slovenian leading financial journal “Finance”. Different producers and good practices were presented during the workshop. The Slovenian most prominent touristic spot called “Heaven” (https://www.nebesa.si/en/) connects...

Cika is the only Slovenian indigenous breed of cattle. The current population originates from local red cattle, improved with Mölltaler cattle breeds, an extinct Austrian breed. The breed eventually risked extinction through genetic dilution, due to continuous improving and crossing with other breeds, such as Pinzgauer, Simmental and Brown Swiss....

Ark-farms and Ark-centers in Slovenia are farms that take care of the in situ conservation of Slovenian local breeds and are opened for the general public visits. The main purpose of those farms is conservation, raising awareness, education and marketing of animal products in their local environment or the environment...