National Dairy FARM Program - Meat Institute
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National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring
Responsible Management
Jamie JonkerSenior Director, Regulatory AffairsNational Milk Producers Federation
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National Dairy FARM Program
• Industry-wide challenge, with marketplace implications
• Joint effort of DMI and NMPF, with involvement by other dairy organizations
• Goal: Bolster consumer trust and confidence in the U.S. dairy industry and demonstrate the industry’s commitment to the highest levels of animal care and quality assurance
• First step: Introduce a national on-farm animal well-being program and make it available to all producers
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National Dairy FARM Program3-Year Plan
• 2009– Introduce Animal Care
component• Launch• Producer outreach• Finalize “Caring for Animals”
manual and checklists– Secure participation by
majority of U.S. milk• Industry education and
awareness• Material for co-ops, S/R’s
– Trade media plan– Training – field staff,
extension, veterinarians, etc.– Website for producer
training, education
• 2010– On-farm assessments– On-farm verification
system development• Methods• Threshold levels• “Certification”• Documents and tools
– Residue avoidance materials development
• 2011– Verification funding (via
non-Checkoff sources)– Implement on-farm
verification– Producer recognition – Additional materials
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• Comprehensive set of dairy animal well-being guidelines
• Recommends best management practices based on the most current science
• Voluntary self-audit in a checklist format completed by producers
• Third party on-farm verification
Caring for Dairy Animals
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• Joint effort of the Dairy Quality Assurance Center and National Milk Producers Federation
• Developed by scientific advisory board using the most current animal well-being research
• Endorsed by:– American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP)– Food Marketing Institute – National Council of Chain Restaurants
• Guidelines distributed widely in industry:Dairy Farmers Dairy NutritionistsVeterinarians Milk Cooperative Field Staff Other Dairy Consultants
DQA Caring for Dairy Animals
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Reciprocal recognition with American Humane Certified program
“Certification by American Humane Certified and DQA assures consumers they are buying high-quality dairy products that are from humanely treated animals.”- Marie Belew Wheatley, President and CEO of American Humane (September 9,
2008)
DQA Caring for Dairy Animals
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• NMPF/DMI/AABP joint effort• Top 10 culling and transportation decision
list• Distributed widely
– All dairy producers through cooperatives, proprietary processors, and producer requests – Ad in Hoard’s Dairyman
– Livestock Marketing Association– American Association of Bovine Practitioners– others
Culling and Transporting Dairy Cattle
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Top 10 Culling & Transporting List
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Questions?
Jamie Jonker ([email protected])Senior Director, Regulatory AffairsNational Milk Producers Federation