ProAction

Question 1

what is proaction

Answer 1

• must improve your standing to keep it ( its not sponsored), you need it its not voluntary
• farmers demonstrate 6 distinct areas to excel in farming:
• milk quality, food safety, animal care, livestock tracibility, biosecurity and environment
• incorporates the lastest research and technological innovations and evolves continously

Question 2

important qualities in 2010-2015

Answer 2

milk quality and food safety

Question 3

important qualities in 2015-2019

Answer 3

animal care: walk throughs - animal viewing and behaviour ( manuer and feed testing)
livestock traceability

Question 4

important qualitites in 2019-2023

Answer 4

biosecurity
environment: regional control of issues that dont always follow national rules

Question 5

provincial milk quality requirements

Answer 5

• provincially licensed and inspected
• national code standards of milk quality
• 121 000 individual bacteria count/ml ( anything beyound that, a fine will be put in place)
• 400 000 somatic cell count/ml ( higher somatic cell counts = mastitis and low production)
• max freezing point ( -0.525 hortvet, confirming its milk and not diluted componenets
• negative test for inhibatory substances
• every tank matters philosphy ( food quality and saftey cannot be comprimised)

Question 6

food safety

Answer 6

• pro action is a HACCp based on farm food safety program for milk and meat
• management system that assesses risks and implements practices to control them
• based on: Best management practices (BMPs) and critical control points

Question 7

best management practices (8)

Answer 7

1 dairy facilities, pesticides and nutrient management
2 feed
3 animal health
4 medicines and chemicals used on livestock
5 milking management
6 facility and equipement sanitation
7 use of water for cleaning milk contact surfaces ( environmental sustainability
8 staff training and communication

Question 8

food safety critical control points

Answer 8

1. milking treated animals ( minimize risk of accidental contamination)
2. cooling and storage of milk ( equipment is kept clean and milk is kept cold)
3. shipping animals ( following withdrawl times for all treatments)
   standard operating procedures

Question 9

animal care

Answer 9

• agriculture industry has a framework to continously improve animal care with the national farm animal care council ( code of practice and handling of dairy cattle )
• dairy farmers of canada invests in research to improve dairy animal health, comfort and care

Question 10

main categories of the animal care are

Answer 10

housing
feed and water
animal health and biosecurity
handling and shipping animals
staff training and communication

Question 11

thinks to assess

Answer 11

access to food and water
adequate space
ability to rest
proper ventilation and light source
clean environment
good health

Question 12

cattle assements

Answer 12

• body condition score, hock, knee and neck injuries and lameness assessment
• required to be completed once every 2 years
• assessors complete a required 2.5 day training session and msut complete additional exams every 6 months
• after assessment, the farmer receives a summart of the percentage of cattle with acceptable scores in each measure
• date from these assessments help farmers constantly improve and contributes to establishinf canadian benchmarks

Question 13

traceability

Answer 13

• ability to follow an item or group of items - animal or group of animals - from one point of the supply chain to another, either backwards or forwards
• livestock tracibility systems are based on three basic elements, the pillars of traceability
• animals are traceable
• all animal movements are recorded on farm/ reported to responsible administrator ( dairy trace)

Question 14

3 basic pillars or tracebility

Answer 14

• premise identification (PID)
• animal identification ( RFID ear tag ( NLID))
• animal movement dairy trace - dairy born animals

Question 15

biocesurity

Answer 15

the industry has a framework to enhance animal and herd health and minimize risk of disease

Question 16

the biosecurity modules include requirements in three categories

Answer 16

• cattle health management
• cattle additions and movement
• peronel visitors, hehicles and equipment

Question 17

specific requirements are

Answer 17

• biosecurity risk assessment completed witht eh vet to adress biosecurity risks on farm
• recording specific disease event for cows and calves

Question 18

environment

Answer 18

• provincial gov regulation doesnt always follow national regulations
• the proaction environment component is a recent addition to the proAction program
• all producers nedd a current environmental farm plan (EEP), environmental questionaire
• producers need to be able to account for nutreint requirements and fertilizer use on crop land
• dairy farms will continue to support research that will improve farm environmental sustainability
• dairy farmers are commiteed to caring for the environment , the health of their land is essential to the contiued success of their farm

Question 19

proAvtion standards of excellence

Answer 19

• its mandatory and its 82 requirements are measurable and verifiable on all canadian dairy farms
• farmers keep meticulous records and their practices are verified annually and audited every two years by trained, independent professionals
• proaction modules and requirements are carfully tested, evaluated and updated regularly based on the latest scientific evidence