RELATIONSHIPS OF PROXIMITY We purchase and process cow, goat and ewe milk from more than 12,000 producers worldwide. France provides 70% of the milk we transform. The producers from whom we collect milk are located close to our plants. We are committed to maximizing its value in our products, our brands and through knowledge of the markets.

Partnership with our producers includes providing them with advice and training in best breeding practices.

In the field our dairy advisors, agricultural specialists in their own right, provide advice and technical expertise on animal feeding and care, milking and milk collection equipment maintenance, livestock buildings and milk quality assessment.

In daily contact with farmers on their farms, they advise and assist them on management of quality and volume and also in their administrative tasks.

IN BUSINESS WITH MILK PRODUCERS

55 dairy cows 390,000 liters of annual milk production using

90 surface hectares including about 35 hectares of grassland

In France, an average dairy farm whose milk is collected by a Group subsidiary comprises:

WE DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST AND DYNAMICS FOR PROGRESS DESIGNED TO BUILD TOGETHER, A COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE DAIRY NETWORK

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