| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership Structure |
60 |
Investor-owned |
| Milk Supply |
70 |
CROPP |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification |
90 |
Limited disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
100 |
Most OTCO |
| Certifier processing |
0 |
no information |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
100 |
Strong/enforced cooperative policy |
| Health and longevity of cows |
100 |
Low Cull Rate |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms |
75 |
Organic animals purchased/minority conventional |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle |
100 |
Never |
| Reproductive hormones used |
100 |
Never |
| Farm support oversight |
90 |
All dairies and visited regularly by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
80 |
CROPP preferred powder vendor |
| TOTAL SCORE |
965 |
FOUR COWS (excellent)
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