Criteria | Points | Comments |
Ownership Structure | 80 | Family business |
Milk Supply | 70 | CROPP |
Disclosure of Information for Verification | 100 | Full and open disclosure |
Certifier farms | 100 | Most OTCO |
Certifier processing | 100 | MOSA |
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 | 1095 |
FOUR COWS (excellent) |