Classification | Feature Summary |
P5 | • Milk is not the main source of income to the estate. • The animals are not of the milking quality as they also serve to the slaughterhouse. • The farming system is extensive. • The milking house is in a shed with no preparation. • Milking is done manually with no concern for cleaning and/or disinfection. • No technological resource is applied. • Administration methodology is not businesslike and labor is familiar. • The investments are minimal. • There is no concern for breeding or nutritional improvement. |
P4 | • Milk is not the main source of income to the estate. • The animals are not of the milking quality as they also serve to the slaughterhouse. • The farming system is semi-intensive. • The milking house is in a shed with no preparation. • Milking is done manually or mechanically with no concern for cleaning and/or disinfection. • The estate applies little technological resources as cooler and mechanical milking. • Administration methodology is not businesslike and labor is familiar. • The investments are minimal. • There is no concern for breeding or nutritional improvement. |
P3 | • Workforce is now composed of employees. • Administration becomes entrepreneurial. Moreover, a phase of investment is launched aiming at: • Genetic improvement; • Nutritional improvement; • Cleaning and disinfection in milking operations; • Artificial insemination; • Quality, considering such matters as content of protein, fat and total solids and lower total bacterial count (TBC) and lower somatic cell count (SCC); • Improved technological standard as cooler and mechanical milking; • Proper milking room; • Professional qualification of the labor. |
P2 | • Milk is the main and only source of income estate. • The manpower becomes professional and specialist. • Cows with milk quality and high daily productivity as the Dutch; • Semi-intensive breeding system; • Milking parlor with appropriate ditch; • Mechanized milking system as tandem and other; • Traceability; • Cooler; • Cleaning and disinfection in milking operations; • Balanced and controlled diet; • Sanitary controls; • Qualified professionals; • Shift system, since the cows are milked 24 hours a day. Furthermore, the activities require investments in: • Genetic improvement; • Nutritional improvement; • Artificial insemination; • Management systems; • Accommodation. |