8 July 2026
Julien GOURY, who has been working alongside Philippe for 25 years at GAEC LE NANT DES FRASSES in the town of LA BIOLLE in Savoie, has also served as vice president of the Savoie Dairy Cooperative (
) for the past 12 years.
25 June 2026
For high-potential heifers, elite cows, pregnant females, or animals that do not meet the standard protocols for in vivo embryo production: AURIVA Élevage is launching its “On-Farm OPU-IVF ”—Oocyte Puncture (OPU) / In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)—an innovation now available throughout France directly on farms.
23 June 2026
On September 3, the Qualités Maternelles station in Casteljaloux will host its traditional sale of cows and heifers.
During this Open House, we welcome breeders who wish to visit us to see the daughters of the bulls in the series that have just undergone maternal quality evaluation and to participate in the sale of these females!
11 June 2026
Perhaps you've already wondered how a tarin or abondance calf makes its way from its stall to the AURIVA stud farm to become one of the future stars of the insemination catalogs.
Behind every bull distributed to stud farms lies a story that begins long before its birth. A story made up of genetic choices, rigorous monitoring and demanding selection, where only the best candidates reach the status of elite sire.
5 May 2026
Established in 2020, Sophie Petit took over the family farm founded by her grandfather, then developed by her father Gérard in the 1980s. Back then, the herd consisted of around twenty 100% Montbéliarde cows.
26 March 2026
In the autumn, AURIVA-Elevage rolled out GENMATCH, its new mating software dedicated to suckler breeds. Developed in close collaboration with the Union's breed experts, and field-tested by 70 trained technicians, GENMATCH marks an important milestone: for the first time, the suckling sector now has a decision-making tool as structured, reliable and complete as those historically used in the dairy sector.
9 March 2026
At GAEC Lahitau, in Andoins, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, performance isn't a marginal issue: it's a major one. On a 108-hectare UAA (including 34 ha of silage maize, 36 ha of grain maize, 15 ha of temporary meadows and the rest of permanent meadows), the team also cultivates 32 hectares of catch crops at
based on clover, ryegrass and vetch, to be hayed. A well-oiled system, designed to feed a productive herd in a cubicle-lattice building, with zero grazing.
23 February 2026
As soon as François and Jean-Claude set up the GAEC, one guiding principle became clear: "make economical milk from cows that age well".
10 February 2026
At GAEC de la Crouzette, in Calmont, Aveyron, nothing is left to chance when it comes to organization. Spread over several sites, farming demands rigorous time management, particularly for the dairy herd.