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.