The National Dairy FARM Program (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) has reached 70-percent participation.
With the recent addition of several major cooperatives in the National Dairy FARM Program, more than two-thirds of the nation’s cows will be covered by the industry’s animal well-being effort, according to the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF).
NMPF started the FARM program three years ago to provide a consistent, national, verifiable means of showing consumers and the food value chain how dairy products are produced. The number of cooperatives and processors subscribing to the program has continued to grow, and now includes farms producing 70% of America’s milk supply.
Source: Dairy Herd Network