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The Arlette cheese dairy is for rent: the end of a chapter in Sost

In the small village at the bottom of the valley, Arlette Seilhan cheese maker in Sost wishes to rent out her cheese farm “le Barousse”. Arrived to assert her retirement rights for 2022, she now wants to enjoy beautiful days of walking with her already retired husband, Arlette has therefore decided to pass on her know-how in this cheese village. “It is with my hand on my heart that I am looking for a buyer, we are ready to help a possible buyer, in order to perpetuate our operation. The cheese farm is prosperous with its 38 hectares, its herd of thirty cattle and its profitability of 6 at 7 tonnes per year, a real farmhouse cheese made from raw cow’s milk that I have no trouble selling. We could even do more, because the demand is there, it is a fabulous tool “. Arlette talks about her profession with love, she wants to pass on her experience, from milking cows to pressing, molding, salting and maturing, everything is coordinated. Arlette has no waste, even whey can also feed pigs. “I do not lose hope of finding a buyer the job is so beautiful, we work the old-fashioned way in the town of Sost. We are real producers and our activity is flourishing. Our production is sold on markets, fairs, We walk from Bagnères de Luchon to Fousseret and even in the Aran valley. The farm is even struggling to meet demand “. As far as accommodation is concerned, a dwelling house adjoins the lab and the cellar which are equipped with CE standards. Arlette and Jean Louis Seilhan are ready to help the successors to transmit their traditional know-how to them. They have only one goal, to see their exploitation live.

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