In addition to our ongoing internal audits conducted by our in-house animal welfare veterinarian, we have an annual second-party audit by the animal welfare professionals of Select Milk Producers. Food Safety Net Serves, a leading…
Once the installation of cameras and training of the video watchers was complete, we began to look for better ways, through technology, to analyze the 24 hours of video footage from each individual camera on…
In addition to the resources of a Human Resource department, dairy ownership has made available to our employees a counselor whom they can speak to with complete confidence and privacy to discuss any issues, job…
Once an employee finishes the onboarding process of initial training of their job description, on the job safety and animal welfare policies they are then put under the guidance of a certified mentor. That mentor,…
Completed full, robust, Continuous Training Program Dr. Enid Mendoza has finished a full one-on-one, retraining of every individual on the farm as well as continuing the monthly group-based continuing education in animal welfare. Every individual,…
Trained animal welfare video watchers continue to monitor 100% of all human-animal interaction and an animal welfare veterinarian reviews their daily reports on a daily basis.
Completed installation of 100 percent of the planned cameras in key areas of the farm where there are human-animal interactions. Trained individuals continue monitoring camera footage, including every milking barn and the calf area. Animal…