Farm Animals

Farm Animal Welfare Benchmarking Industry Standards

Industry-wide benchmarking enables farms to compare welfare performance, identify improvements, and demonstrate progress.

Key Facts

Benchmarking requires standardised welfare assessment metrics across participating farms
Comparative data motivates welfare improvement through peer comparison and reputational incentives
Welfare benchmarking is increasingly used in processor and retailer supplier assessment
Digital data collection reduces benchmarking costs and enables more frequent assessment

Welfare Considerations

Without benchmarking, farms have no external reference for assessing welfare performance. Industry-wide benchmarking creates competitive improvement pressure, identifies outliers needing support, and demonstrates sector-wide progress to retailers and consumers. Investment in benchmarking infrastructure delivers systemic welfare improvement.

What You Can Do

Support industry welfare benchmarking schemes in pig, poultry, and dairy sectors
Advocate for benchmarking data transparency in retail supply chain reporting
Encourage participation in farm welfare benchmarking as standard industry practice