AT THE HEART OF JURA,
50 YEARS OF CATTLE BREEDING SERVICE
1948

Creation of the cooperative.
Of human scale, JURA-BÉTAIL works for all its members.

Carrying out the first artificial inseminations.
1952

Creation of the breeding syndicate and the animal production controls:

First syndicate of Montbeliard testing.
1958 Revelation of Océano,
the bull which will be the champion of the era.
1959 First auction at Bois Vernois.
Breeders come from afar to buy Montbeliard heifers.
1963 A group of Swiss cattle breeders, forerunners of the FSBB (Federation of the Bovine Cattle Selectors) introduce the Montbéliarde in their country.
1968

Special Montbéliard Competition
in Lons-le-Saunier (Jura)

The Neron heifers are a great success.
1977 Realization of the first embryonic tests of transplantation.
1983 The first MARTIEN index,
unrivalled champion without which the Montbeliard breed would not have performed so well.
1992 Creation of the subsidiary for the female breeding sales: Montbéliarde SA
2000 JURA-BÉTAIL exports 50,000 paillettes of semen and 500 breeding heifers to 20 different countries.
2006 JURA-BÉTAIL exports 100,000 paillettes of semen and 900 breeding heifers to 30 different countries.

Jura-Bétail agricultural cooperative - 39570 CRANCOT
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