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Demystifying Pasture, Feed, and Dry Matter Intake (DMI) Records: Tips and Tricks to Avoid Compliance Concerns
This webinar focused on the recordkeeping requirements for dry matter intake (DMI) during the grazing season, pasture access, and feed records needed for the on-site inspection and...
Compliance Spotlight: The New Animal Welfare Regulations and their Impact on Organic Livestock Producers
With the new Animal Welfare Regulations projected finalization in 2017, OTCO wants to prepare livestock operations for the upcoming changes. During the webinar, we explained the new changes in...
Lessons Learned Series: Organic Recordkeeping for Ruminant Livestock Feed
The records of a certified organic farm’s operations and activities demonstrate where promise and practice meet for an inspector and certifier. An annual mandatory inspection examines the...
Organic Dairy Profits: Analysis of Dairy Farms in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia
Interest continues to grow in organic dairying by consumers, producers and processors. Organic dairying has its production challenges but good profits can be earned for producers who manage the...
Pollinator Plantings in Organic Pastures
This webinar investigates how organic pasture systems have the potential to do much more than just feed livestock. If managed properly, pastures and rangeland can include many forbs (herbaceous...
OTCO Quick Tips: Teat Dips & Organic Use
Many inactive ingredients commonly used in teat dips are prohibited for use in organic production and some, that are approved, have been identified as harmful to the environment and humans. …...
Quick Start Guide: Organic Livestock Feed and Nutrition
Need a quick reference guide for how to get started with understanding organic rules for livestock feed, supplements and nutrition? Our condensed Quick Start Guide series is designed to answer...
Organic Guides for Fruit, Vegetables and Dairy
The guides provide an overall approach for organic production with a focus on biological, mechanical, and cultural controls. Sections on cover crops, resistant varieties, crop rotation, field...
Organic Production Fact Sheets Series
MOSES developed 30 Organic Fact Sheets to provide easy-to-follow explanations about complex certification requirements and covers topics in: field crops, business management, livestock and orchard...
Deeper Shade of Green: Lessons from Grass-based Organic Dairy Farms
In this report, The Organic Center quantifies the degree to which milk production and cow longevity, reliance on pasture, and manure management systems influence the methane emissions associated with...