The activity complies with either one of the following criteria:

1. Has obtained certification at a national or international level that is aligned with internationally recognised standards
2. Provides an IFMP which demonstrates ongoing adoption of all the applicable basic, intermediate and advanced practices, or as many as feasible.

Any or all of the following eligible practices can be adopted:

Basic practices

• Implement feed planning practices to match acquisition volumes with actual herd nutritional needs, combined with adequate storage and handling conditions to prevent spoilage, contamination, and avoidable losses
• Implement a prevention-first health plan (vaccination where relevant, quarantine/isolation protocols, hygiene routines) to reduce disease-driven losses and avoidable inputs³
• Maintain pasture cover and forage availability through planned grazing with defined rest periods (e.g., seasonal or rotation-based rest), reseeding with existing or equivalent species to restore coverage and weed management, to reduce reliance on external feed
• Control inventory to reduce expired/wasted veterinary inputs and ensure correct, planned use (including safe storage and handling)

Intermediate practices

• Apply practices that minimise nutrient leakage and contamination risk from manure at source, including covered storage to reduce nutrient losses from rainfall and leaching, separation of clean rainwater from manure effluent flows, physical barriers or buffer zones to prevent runoff towards waterways, and appropriate siting of storage areas away from water bodies
• Improve on-farm forage yields and nutritional quality through active pasture optimisation, including introduction of improved or mixed pasture species, legume integration for natural nitrogen fixation, structured fodder planning aligned with herd nutritional requirements, and harvest timing to capture peak nutritional value, to reduce dependence on purchased feed and improve resource efficiency per hectare

Advanced practices

• Use data-driven feeding management (grouping, automated/intake monitoring, formulation tools, satellite-based monitoring and verification) to measurably reduce feed losses, improve nutrient-use efficiency and monitor rotational grazing patterns
• Redesign production management around prevention (integrated feed plan + herd health + housing/husbandry + grazing/forage planning) to systematically minimise avoidable losses and resource leakage