Industry News
Organic Dairy News: May, 2026
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 8, 2026
Updated: Sat, May 9, 2026
Message from the NODPA Co-President: Tips for a more profitable summer
by Roman Stoltzfoos
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 8, 2026
Updated: Sat, May 9, 2026
Organic Dairy News, March 2026
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Wed, Mar 11, 2026
H.R.7050 –A Bill to protect the future of Homeopathy for everyone
By Susan Beal, DVM
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Sun, Mar 8, 2026
On December 1, 2025, Horizon Family Brands announced it had acquired Maple Hill Creamery
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Updated: Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Organic Dairy News: January 2026
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Updated: Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Unlocking Top Milk Quality: What Sets Exceptional Organic Dairy Farms Apart?
By Carlos Niño de Guzmán, Ph.D. Student, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gustavo Schuenemann, DVM, Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State U., and Albert De Vries, Animal Sciences, University of Florida
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Updated: Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Common Organic System Plan or an uncommon Organic System Plan?
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Updated: Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Northeast Organic Dairy Producers face extreme suffering from the 2025 drought
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Updated: Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Organic Dairy News: November 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Updated: Sat, Nov 15, 2025
NODPA & WODPA’s shared statement on organic exemption from paying into the FMMO
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director and Lia Sieler, WODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Updated: Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Beef-on-Dairy: Breeding Decisions Today for the Future: Beef and Calf Prices Continue to Climb
By Robert Goodling, Horizon Farm Credit
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Updated: Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Organic Dairy News, September 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Updated: Sat, Sep 6, 2025
Organic Dairy Farmer Feedback Survey Results and Next Steps
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director and Lia Sieler, WODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Updated: Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Message from NODPA Co-President, September 2025: More Learning Opportunities
By Roman Stoltzfoos
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Updated: Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Organic Dairy News: July 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 2025
An Interview with Ed Maltby: Questions and Answers about Northeast Organic Dairy**
Reprinted with permission from The Milkweed, May 2025
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Updated: Mon, Jul 14, 2025
Message from NODPA Co-President, July 2025
By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Organic Dairy News: May 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, May 17, 2025
Updated: Sat, May 17, 2025
URGENT SIGN-ON LETTER
Support the National Organic Program (NOP) and Preserve Its Workforce
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Apr 5, 2025
Updated: Sat, Apr 5, 2025
We Need a FULLY Funded and Staffed National Organic Program /and/ USDA Halts Some Contract Payments to Farmers
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Mar 15, 2025
Updated: Sat, Mar 15, 2025
Tariffs – who will they affect?
Compiled with the experience and thoughtful insights of Mike Thresher and Klaas Martens
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Mar 15, 2025
Updated: Sat, Mar 15, 2025
Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAIV) H5N1
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Mar 15, 2025
Updated: Tue, Mar 18, 2025
Organic Dairy News: March, 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 14, 2025
Updated: Sun, Mar 16, 2025
Dead set on ‘saving’ Point Reyes, environmentalists want to kill its best stewards
By Albert Straus, Straus Family Creamery, Petaluma, CA Article originally appeared in the San Francisco Standard and is reprinted with permission from the author
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 14, 2025
Updated: Sat, Mar 15, 2025
To All Certified Producers, Dairies and Other Commodities. We need your opinion on your certifier’s inspection requirements. Please help!
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Organic Dairy News, January 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jan 12, 2025
The Leatherstocking Cattle Exchange: The inaugural public auction dedicated to the nurturing and advancement of Grass-based dairy cow genetics, Canastota, NY, Friday, November 15, 2024
Robert Yoder, contributing writer
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Updated: Mon, Jan 13, 2025
Organic Dairy News: November 2024
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Fri, Nov 8, 2024
Message from NODPA Co-President, November, 2024
By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Thu, Nov 7, 2024
Meloxicam, will it's use be recommended by the National Organic Standard Board (NOSB) for all organic livestock or just bovine dairy calves?
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2024
Message from the NODPA Co-President: Are you ready for a farm transfer?
By Roman Stoltzfoos
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 7, 2024
What's the Deal with Measure J in Sonoma County, CA?
Vote No on Measure J
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Final Rule for Electronic Ear Tags for Cattle
Compiled by Ed Maltby
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Message from NODPA Co-President
By Kirk Arnold
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Leave Organic or Leave DFA, Says DFA to Member-Owners shipping to Horizon Organic
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, May 11, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2024
Animal Welfare: A Key Tenant of Organic Livestock Production
How do we improve our practices and make certified operations accountable?
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, May 11, 2024
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2024
Residue Testing For Import Organic Compliance Verification
By Julia Barton, Farmer Services Director, Organic Farmers Association
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 10, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2024
Organic Roots, Regenerative Growth: Uniting Farming Principles for a Sustainable Tomorrow
By Elizabeth Tobey, Organic Farming Research Foundation
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 10, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2024
From the NODPA Desk
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Introduction to Liz Bawden, the NOFA-NY Farmer of the Year, at the NOFA-NY Winter Conference, Syracuse, NY on January 20, 2024
By Mary-Howell Martens, Lakeview Organic Grain, Penn Yan, NY
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Liz Bawden, NOFA-NY Farmer of the Year Address, January 20, 2024
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board member and Past President and Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024
From the NODPA Co-President
By Roman Stoltzfoos
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Danone sells Horizon to equity firm Platinum Equity
Compiled and written by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Dr. Paul Dettloff, DVM 1942-2023
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Sun, Jul 23, 2023
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IS SOIL-BASED: A Fundamental Principle Underlying Organic Crop Certification
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Fri, Jun 9, 2023
Climate-Smart Commodities: Organic Milk Processors’ Grants
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Sun, May 21, 2023
Strengthening Organic Enforcement: Closing Loopholes (and leaving some loose ends?)
By Christie Badger, Independent Organic Inspector & Consultant
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Score: What is it and why does it matter to me?
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2023
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Kirk Arnold NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2023
From the NODPA Desk
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2023
Strategies for a Sustainable Pay Price for Organic Dairy: Field Days Session Summary
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Mon, Nov 21, 2022
The End of Organic Farming (as we know it)
By Jim Riddle, Organic Independents LLP Blue Fruit Farm
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Northeast DBIC Grants Available To Organic Dairy Farms with Terminated Contracts
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Kirk Arnold NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Free Mental Health First Aid Trainings for Ag Communities of New York State
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jul 31, 2022
The tale of two cold-storage warehouses: automating Aurora Organic Dairy
How a dairy producer used Westfalia AS/RS to streamline processes in two locations.
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jul 31, 2022
From the NODPA Desk May/June, 2022
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 2022
NOSB Spring Meeting, April 26, 2022
Compiled by Ed Maltby from reports by National Organic Coalition and Organic Trade Association
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 2022
Message from the NODPA Co-President
Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 2022
NY-NE Dairy Consortium LLC Announces Partnership with National Resources to Fund Phase 1 of i.Park 87 Dairy Processing Facility
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Updated: Mon, Apr 4, 2022
Future of Organic – National Organic Farmer Workshop: Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM EST
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jan 23, 2022
National Organic Standards Board Meeting and Comment Webinars
Notes and remarks that relate to organic dairy from the Fall NOSB meeting courtesy of the National Organic Coalition
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Protect Biodiversity and Native Ecosystems in the Organic Rule
By Harriet Behar, Sweet Springs Farm and Jo Ann Baumgartner, Wild Farm Alliance
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Sun, Sep 19, 2021
From the NODPA Desk July/August 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jun 1, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021
From the NODPA Desk March/April 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Farmers’ Guide to the 2021 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Origin of Livestock letter to the USDA Secretary
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Feb 4, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021
Proven Programs, Not False Hopes--Engaging Farmers in Climate Solutions
BY Jeanne Merrill and Chris Schreiner, Opinion Contributors, THE HILL
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 16, 2021
Is Your Farm Receiving the Support You Need Since COVID-19 Began?
Your feedback in needed
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021
Updated Guide to USDA Programs Opens Door to Millions of Dollars of Available Funding
Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021
From the NODPA Desk January/February 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Updated: Mon, Feb 1, 2021
From the NODPA Desk November/December 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
Jack Lazor, Butterworks Farm, Westfield VT Dies at the Age of 69
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
Arden Landis: A Pioneer in Grass-based Organic Dairy
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
Message from the NODPA Co-President
By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 27, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Making Money in the Shade
By Brad Heins, Kirsten Sharpe, Eric Buchanan, and Mike Reese Originally appeared in Hoard’s Dairyman, and reprinted with permission.
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Aug 9, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Message from the NODPA President
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Aug 7, 2020
Updated: Fri, Aug 7, 2020
National Organic Program: Strengthening Organic Enforcement
Compiled by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Aug 7, 2020
Updated: Fri, Aug 7, 2020
From the NODPA Desk July/August 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Aug 7, 2020
Updated: Sun, Aug 9, 2020
USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program: Farmers should submit applications ASAP beginning May 26th
Plus a COVID-19 Resource Guide for Farmers
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Thu, May 21, 2020
From the NODPA Desk May/June 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Wed, May 20, 2020
From the NODPA Desk, April 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
General Mills Launches Regenerative Wheat Farming Pilot in Kansas
By Jason Flatt, This article first appeared on the Food Tank website, https://foodtank.com/ and is reprinted with permission
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
Message from the NODPA President
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
We Brought the Organic Farmer’s Voice to DC Annual Advocacy Day recap from the Organic Farmers Association Policy Director
By Patty Lovera, OFA Policy Director
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
National Organic Standards Board Spring Meeting Logistics
From the USDA Organic Insider
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
Judge gives USDA 6 Months to Fix Organic Livestock Rule Errors
Adapted from an article by Sustainable Food News, March 13, 2020
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
From the NODPA Desk March/April 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
Corona Virus-COVID-19: Helpful Things to Remember
Anu Rangarajan, Director of the Cornell Small Farms Program
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 26, 2020
Updated: Sat, Mar 14, 2020
NODPA Comments on the Proposed Rule on Origin of Livestock
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 25, 2020
Updated: Tue, Jan 28, 2020
Validation of the RumiWatchSystem to Monitor Feeding and Locomotive Behaviors in an Organic Grazing Dairy Herd
Glenda M. Pereira, Kirsten T. Sharpe and Bradley J. Heins, WROC, University of Minnesota
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 25, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020
Vermont Law School Launches Free Lease Builder Tool for Farmers
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 25, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020
From the NODPA Desk, January/February 2020
Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020
Agriculture Spending Legislation Has Passed in United Sates Senate and House
Analysis by the National Organic Coalition (NOC)
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020
Organic Farmers Association Hires New Policy Director
Former Food and Water Watch Program Director Will Lead Organic Policy Advocacy Effort
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020
It’s Giving Tuesday! Please support NODPA
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Thu, Dec 5, 2019
Action Alert: Origin of Livestock Rule--Comments Needed
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019
NODPA Kicks off Annual Fund Drive
By Nora Owens
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019
2019 NODPA Field Days Summary
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Tue, Nov 19, 2019
Learning to Love a Farmland Lease
Kate Kellman, Digital Marketing Coordinator, Land For Good and Jae Silverman, MA Field Agent, Land For Good
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019
National Organic Standards: Notes from the Fall Board meeting
Compiled by Ed Maltby from information supplied by Abby Youngblood and Christie Badger from the National Organic Coalition
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019
From the Co-President’s Desk
By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-president
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019
From the NODPA Desk, November/December, 2019
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) offering Fund-a-Farmer Grants
Applications are due by December 2, 2019
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 3, 2019
Updated: Thu, Oct 3, 2019
Small Organic Dairy Farmers Say the Rules are Stacked Against Them. One Rule in Particular.
By Lisa Held, Civil Eats, August 13, 2019
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Gene Editing and Organic Certification
Perspectives from Beyond Pesticides and the Cornucopia Institute
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2019
From the President’s Desk
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jul 23, 2019
Updated: Fri, Jul 26, 2019
William Michael Murphy, 1941-2019
In Memoriam by Fred Magdoff, Emeritus Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Vermont
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jul 23, 2019
Updated: Fri, Jul 26, 2019
Organic Dairy Farm Cost-of-Production Study in Vermont: 2017 Analysis
By Jen Miller, Farmer Services Director, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA VT)
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jun 13, 2019
Updated: Sun, Jun 16, 2019
From the NODPA Desk
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Jun 12, 2019
Updated: Sun, Jun 16, 2019
USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) Continues to Fail at Protecting U.S. Organic Producers
By John Bobbe. First printed in Milkweed, May 2019; reprinted with permission from the author
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Jun 12, 2019
Updated: Sun, Jun 16, 2019
Organic Valley and Maple Hill launch New Third-Party Certification for Grass-Fed Organic Livestock Program
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2019
Save the Date: 19th Annual NODPA Field Days
September 26 & 27, 2019, Theodore’s Restaurant, 3231 Seneca Turnpike, Canastota, NY
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2019
From the NODPA Desk
Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Looking for Organic Dairy Farmers’ Insight on Non-Antibiotic Solutions for Dairy Animal Infections: A Brief Survey
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Feb 28, 2019
Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2019
2019 NODPA Field Days: Save the Date
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 27, 2019
Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2019
Organic Dairy in Crisis: Where do we go from here?
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Feb 24, 2019
Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2019
After Dairying: What’s Next?
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
From the NODPA Desk
January 2019, by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Help Bring Social Justice to Organic Farms
By Louis H. Battalen, Northeast Coordinator, Agricultural Justice Project
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Chris Hill, NODPA’s longtime Graphic Designer and Webmaster Retires
Nora Owens, NODPA News Editor
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
NODPA Speaks Out On The Origin of Livestock
Next Steps to Save Organic -- By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director.
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Nov 22, 2018
Updated: Thu, Nov 22, 2018
From the NODPA Desk
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director. September, 2018
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 1, 2018
Updated: Sat, Sep 1, 2018
Message from the NODPA President
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 1, 2018
Updated: Sat, Sep 1, 2018
The NODPA Listening Project
Collecting the Voices of Organic Dairy
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 27, 2018
Updated: Tue, Mar 27, 2018
Organic Certification from the Inspector’s Perspective
An Interview with Arden Landis
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jan 29, 2018
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
To the NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 20, 2017
Updated: Mon, Nov 20, 2017
Dirt Capital
Promoting Land Access and Security
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 20, 2017
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
I am an organic dairy farmer and I want to tell my story
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 31, 2017
Updated: Wed, May 31, 2017
Grassfed Dairy Standard to be launched February 8th, 2017
The American Grassfed Association
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Updated: Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Dairy Succession Efforts get Boost from Grant
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Updated: Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Danone acquisition of WhiteWave moves forward without Stonyfield
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Updated: Sun, Jan 1, 2017
NODPA Featured in the Food Tank
James Beard Foundation’s 3rd Annual Good Food Guide
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Updated: Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Danone Announces the Purchase of WhiteWave Foods
How this will impact Organic Dairy Farmers in the Northeast
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jul 7, 2016
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
To the NODPA Executive Director
Letter to the Editor
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Apr 29, 2016
Updated: Fri, Apr 29, 2016
In Milk Supply Agreement with Stonyfield, Maple Hill Creamery grows its 100% Certified Grass-Fed Milk Shed
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 17, 2016
Updated: Wed, Feb 17, 2016
NODPA Regional Round Up
August 2015
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Regional Roundup from Organic Dairy Farm Families
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Farmers Union Scholarship Looks to Agriculture’s Future
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 1, 2015
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2015
Remembering Richard and Robert Arnold
Twin Oaks Dairy, Truxton, NY
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 25, 2015
Updated: Mon, May 25, 2015
NODPA Regional Round Up: March 2015
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Seeking Farmers for Farm Succession Project
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Updated: Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Local Farms Fund
A New Farmland Investment Fund
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
NOFA-NY Announces New Organic Dairy Certification Transitions Project
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Letters and Commentary
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Updated: Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Support NODPA
Now in its 13th Year of working for organic dairy farm families
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Regional Round-up from Organic Dairy Producers
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Odairy Live!
Ask the Vets: Q & A
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Parting Words from NODPA’s News & Website Editor
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Updated: Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Organic Dairy
Forecasts for 2015 and Beyond
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 14, 2014
Updated: Tue, Jan 14, 2014
Ralph Caldwell suffers drastic loss
November 12, 2013
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Nov 12, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Jack and Ann Lazor, Butterworks Farm, to receive Farmer Recognition Award at the NODPA Field Days
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 10, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Meet Your 2013 NODPA Board Members and State Reps!
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jun 20, 2013
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Meet Your NODPA State Representatives
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 20, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Richard H. Mathews has been hired as the Western Organic Producers Alliance (WODPA) New Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, May 19, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Meet Your NODPA Board Members!
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 2018
Maine Farmers Press For A New Farm Bill
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Nov 24, 2012
Updated: Sat, Nov 24, 2012
Adding Value, Gaining Strength: Kimball Brook Farm Gets a Hand
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Oct 5, 2012
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Low Milk Prices Driving Producers to the Ground
Open Letter
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012
Open Letter to Governor Cuomo About Fracking
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012
New England Farmers Are the 99%
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Natural Gas Exploration and its Impact on Organic Agriculture
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Changing Of Board And Officers At NODPA
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
The Reform of the Dairy Industry in the 2012 Farm Bill and what it does for Organic
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Updated: Sun, Nov 13, 2011
The Latest eOrganic Dairy
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 6, 2011
Updated: Thu, Oct 6, 2011
Hurricane Irene
After the Storm: How You Can Help
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Private label milk
A scourge or a necessity?
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Mon, Sep 12, 2011
In Memory of Kevin Brussell
Organic Activist, Farmer and Researcher
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jul 18, 2011
2011: NODPA Survey Results
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, May 15, 2011
Updated: Sun, May 15, 2011
New Beginning Farmer Website Unveiled
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Feb 6, 2011
Updated: Sun, Feb 6, 2011
Fall National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Meeting Highlights
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010
An Interview with Richard Mathews
Architect of the Pasture Rule
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Why Organic Milk Supply Management?
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010
What’s Organic About Organic?
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Organic Valley lays down the law on raw milk
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 7, 2010
Updated: Mon, Jun 7, 2010
NODPA Awarded Grant From OFRF
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Updated: Fri, Apr 2, 2010
New NOP Pasture Regulation Meets Expectations of Organic Community
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Updated: Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Pasture Rule Draws Bright Line Benefiting Cows & Consumers
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Feb 12, 2010
Updated: Fri, Feb 12, 2010
Alfred State Picks Site for New Dairy
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Updated: Fri, Jan 1, 2010
NOFA-NY 2010 Organic Dairy Questionnaire
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Updated: Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Sustainable Farmer Educators
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Stonyfield Farm enters into a partnership with Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative to take over their milk brand
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Nov 11, 2009
More than a one-horse hitch needed to pull us out of this mess
In fact, if we want to solve our milk price problems, we’ll need four horses.
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Nov 11, 2009
News From the WODPA Fall Conference in Idaho
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Farm Bureau, MOFGA, get MOOMilkCo off to a good start
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Updated: Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Commentary: Heirloom Economy
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Go Local & Prosper ... In More Ways Than One
Localism is becoming a strategy to save the farm and the businesses and communities that depend on it.
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Oct 1, 2009
There Is No Right Way To Become A Farmer
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Updated: Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Opinions and Commentary on Organic Dairy & Beyond
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Why The Free Market Is No Long Functioning Properly For Dairy
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Open Letter to the Hershbergs of Stonyfield
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Time To Be Politically Incorrect
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
USDA Dairy Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC) to hold its first meeting
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Climate Change Ruminations
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
NY Branded Milk!
An Interview With Dean Sparks of Empire Organics
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Milk Quota’s
What should we look for?
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2009
June may be Dairy Month
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
The Passing Wind
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, May 30, 2009
Updated: Sat, May 30, 2009
Producers Working as Partners
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, May 7, 2009
Updated: Thu, May 7, 2009
Organic Valley cut organic family farmers income
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Mar 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Mar 11, 2009
Washington State WIC Says Organic Milk Has “No Nutritional Benefit”
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Mar 9, 2009
Updated: Mon, Mar 9, 2009
Petitions Sent to USDA Requesting End of Producer-Handler Exemption
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 6, 2009
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 2009
What Obama Means for Organic
There are hints that his ag secretary Tom Vilsack may have an open mind to alternative viewpoints.
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Updated: Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Organic dairy farmers win Good Farm Neighbor Award
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2009
New Sustainable Standards Raise Concerns
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Oct 7, 2008
Updated: Tue, Oct 7, 2008
The Latest East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices
October 7, 2008
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Oct 7, 2008
Updated: Tue, Oct 7, 2008
Funding Opportunities
Research and planning grants in the Northeast and North Central US
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 14, 2008
Updated: Sun, Sep 14, 2008
Press Release: NODPA Stands for Living Wage | June 18, 2008
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Jun 18, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
The Retail Food Dollar ... and How Organic Dairy Farmers Receive Their Share
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jun 7, 2008
Updated: Sat, Jun 7, 2008
East & Midwest Grain Prices, May 21 2008
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 21, 2008
Updated: Wed, May 21, 2008
Realistic Expectations: What Are They?
NEWS & OPINION
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 16, 2008
Updated: Fri, May 16, 2008
Press Release: HP Hood refuses to address increased costs...
HP Hood LLC refuses to address increase in costs of production for their organic family farms and demands money back for a one month overpayment of 17 cents a gallon
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 28, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
ACTION ALERT: Farm Bill
Stop the Attack on Public Health and the Environment in the Farm Bill
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 28, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
How Now Organic Cow
What Is the Whole Story
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 14, 2008
Updated: Fri, Mar 14, 2008
President’s Bush’s proposed budget threatens to axe nation’s leading pasture lab
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Feb 1, 2008
Updated: Fri, Feb 1, 2008