On Jun 18th, Dairy Association of China released a new association standard (non-mandatory reference standard) Modern Dairy Industry Evaluation - Dairy Farm Grading and Evaluation. This standard will be implemented on August 1st, 2020.[1]
Major players in China's diary market, such as Yili (“伊利”), Mengniu (“蒙牛”), Junlebao (“君乐宝”), etc, participated in drafting this standard.
Evaluation Items
This standard evaluates modern dairy farms from two dimensions, performance and strategic potential, each part containing four items.
Performance: production standardization, breed superiority, animal welfare, product optimization.
Strategic potential: reasonable layout, farm scale, intelligent management, sustainable development.
For each item above, detailed requirements are listed in the standard, such as "no harmful pollution sources in the vicinity of the farm".
Farm Grading
Under the new standard farms will be graded: S, A, B, C according to their overall scores as calculated based on evaluation items. S represents the highest level and C the lowest.
Grading method
Signs of different grades
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