The Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group has identified four key areas (or "pillars") to focus on, to improve efficiencies and reduce costs on farm, and to address customer focussed issues:

• Herd Health
• Mobility
• Calves
• Environment

 

Collectively, these four pillars are called the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Project (TSDP) The ambitions of the TSDP for each pillar are clear:

1. Herd Health Planning Pillar
For all Tesco producers to better understand the economic benefits of keeping their herd healthy

2. Mobility Pillar
For all producers to routinely monitor herd mobility to enable them to keep levels of lameness to a minimum

3. Calf Pillar
Instead of live exports of calves from those cows supplying standard liquid milk to Tesco customers, rear the calves and put into the beef chain

4. Environment Pillar
To reduce the environmental impact of dairy practices