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Caring for farm animals is no longer based only on observation and experience. Today, data management tools are helping farmers track animal health, improve welfare, and make better decisions—while saving time and resources.

📋 What Is Farm Animal Data Management?

It’s the use of digital systems to record and monitor information like feeding schedules, medical history, growth rates, breeding cycles, and behavior. All this data helps farmers understand each animal’s needs more clearly.

🐮 Health Monitoring Made Easier

With sensors and tracking tools, farmers can spot health issues early—often before visible symptoms appear. Early detection means faster treatment, less stress for animals, and lower veterinary costs.

⏱️ Better Care with Less Guesswork

Data-driven insights reduce guesswork in daily care. Farmers can adjust nutrition, improve housing conditions, and plan vaccinations or checkups more accurately.

💰 Efficiency That Pays Off

Managing animal care data digitally reduces paperwork and human error. Over time, it improves productivity, lowers losses, and supports sustainable farm operations.

🌱 Smarter Farming, Better Welfare

Certified Humane® is a program administered by the non-profit organization Humane Farm Animal Care that enables consumers to choose and support the welfare and treatment of farm animals through buying animal-based goods from producers approved to use the Certified Humane® logo on their products. We are so happy to have Certified Humane® featured in our brand new Volume 7!

Sheep photographed at Gum Tree Farm.

Adele Douglass-Jolley, CEO & Founder, launched both Humane Animal Farm Care and the Certified Humane® program in 2003, realizing that one of the most effective ways to inspire change in the treatment of farm animals for food was to ensure consumers had a way to purchase and choose humanely raised meat. While legislation is a slow, rambling process, Mrs. Douglass-Jolley saw the expediency in a labeling program that would be available to all producers, and in turn, to the everyday shopper to support humane production practices.

A curious goat from Certified Humane Raised and Handled label-certified goat farm Honey Sweetie Acres in Goshen, Ohio. 

The Certified Humane® program combats the inhumane treatment of animals raised for food, including those raised in ‘factory farms’, by making it so any shopper can choose food from a producer that has achieved the certification after instituting practices represented in the Humane Farm Animal Care Standards. This means the animal is raised with a kinder, more mindful approach. Only producers who institute Humane Farm Animal Care Standards are allowed to add the Certified Humane® logo to their products.

Manuel Ruiz-Conejo and friend from Certified Humane label-certified Happy Free Hens Farm in Lima, Perú.

Certified Humane® is endorsed by over 70 animal welfare organizations, including the ASPCA. Have yet to see a label with the Certified Humane® logo? Look for the blue and green label at your local grocery store or market. While Humane Farm Animal Care is headquartered in the small town of Middleburg, Virginia, they certify establishments around the globe, including in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Perú, Singapore, and Uruguay.

Find where to buy Certified Humane® products in Hunt Country online here, and you can even download the Certified Humane® mobile app to shop via your phone! You can also donate to non-profit Humane Farm Animal Care here. Shop local and shop consciously, we’re proud to have Certified Humane® in the latest edition of our Hunt Country Guide.

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