Santiago de Compostela, December 15th 2017 GDRI Agriculture, Approvisionnement, Alimentation Deadline: 30 June 2017. Abstract submissions to histagra@usc.es   Organized by Lourenzo Fernández Prieto and Daniel Lanero (HISTAGRA Research Group – Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) At the end of Second World War cattle breeding went through a deep crisis in Western Europe, caused both by war destructions and contractions in international trade that severely affected feedstuff importations. Likewise, the presence of animal products (meat, milk, eggs…) in the diet of European population was far away from prewar levels. Cattle breeding and beef consumption began to recover at the beginning of the 50’s, coinciding with the ongoing replacement of draught animals by tractors as super...