At this week’s National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) annual meeting, a newly-released annual assessment derived from 8,000 second-party evaluations, found universal adoption of many of the best practices from the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) program.

“The thousands of data points this program collects on an ongoing basis show that dairy farmers aren’t just talking the talk about animal care – they’re performing dozens of practices on a daily basis to provide for animal well-being and produce high-quality milk,” said Jamie Jonker, NMPF’s vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs. “Still, we’re not yet where we want to be. The journey is continuing.”

NMPF has released its 2014 safe use manual for antibiotics and other animal drugs. The Milk and Dairy Beef Drug Residue Prevention Manual permits producers to quickly review those antibiotics approved for use with dairy animals. It can also be used to educate farm managers in how to avoid drug residues in milk and meat.

Source: National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)