In Germany the two biggest discounters Aldi and Lidl will from spring 2024 place drink milk completely on the two highest forms of animal husbandry level 3 and 4. According to ALDI, the share of sales of drink milk from higher levels of husbandry is already over 60 percent. Some of the minimum criteria for levels 3 and 4 are: freestall housing with an exercise yard that can be used all year round (at least 3 m2/animal in the exercise yard); or open front barn; or loose housing with grazing (at least 120 days of 6 hours); no tethering; only non-GMO feed may be used.