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Nature and Nurturing: Organic, grass-fed dairy is a calling for the Strickers of Spring Creek Farms, Wernersville, PA
By Amy Anselm, NODPA Contributing Writer, Tioga Family Farm, Truxton, NY.
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 2026
SAVE THE DATE for the 26th Annual NODPA Field Days, September 24 & 25, 2026
26th Annual NODPA Field Days, Berks County Agricultural Center, Leesport, PA
Posted: to Field Days on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Sat, Mar 7, 2026
The Importance of a Planned Grazing Season
By Klaas Martens, Klaas and Mary-Howell Martens Farm, Penn Yan, NY.
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Sat, Mar 7, 2026
In the Wake of Drought: Pasture Assessment and Recovery Planning
By Sara Ziegler, Research Specialist, University of Vermont Extension, Heather Darby, Professor of Agronomy, University of Vermont Extension, and Elizabeth Seyler, Outreach Specialist, University of Vermont Extension
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 2026
Renovating Drought Damaged Pastures
By Sara Ziegler, Research Specialist, University of Vermont Extension, Heather Darby, Professor of Agronomy, University of Vermont Extension, and Elizabeth Seyler, Outreach Specialist, University of Vermont Extension
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 2026
New World Screwworm: What Organic Farmers need to know and what their treatment options are
By Lia Sieler, Executive Director, Western Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (WODPA), Chico, CA
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 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
Ask the Vet: How do I treat hoof rot organically?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 2026
Pay and Feed Prices March, 2026
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Mar 3, 2026
Updated: Sat, Mar 7, 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
FEATURED FARM: Straus Dairy Farm & Straus Family Creamery: Albert Straus, farm owner and operator, And founder of the Straus Family Creamery, Tomales, California
By: Lia Sieler, Executive Director, Western Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, Chico, CA
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Updated: Sat, Jan 10, 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
Ask the Vet: How should I manage Calf Pneumonia in my herd?
By Kerry Schneider, DVM, Midstate Veterinary Services, Cortland, NY
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Updated: Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Pay and Feed Prices, January 2026
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Updated: Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Evaluating Willow Bark Extract for Pain Management in Organic Dairy Calves after Disbudding: A Comparative Study of Analgesic Strategies and Their Impact on Calf Welfare
Madison E. Bacon, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota , Marcia I. Endres and Bradley J. Heins, West Central Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Updated: Sun, Jan 11, 2026
FEATURED FARM: In Their Blood: Certified Grass-fed Organic Dairy Farming at Rocky Top Acres, LLC, Hubbardsville, NY owned and operated by Chuck, Mary and Autum Blood
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Updated: Sat, Nov 15, 2025
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
Emerging Trends and Success on Northeast Grass-Fed Dairy Farms
By Sarah Flack, Sara Ziegler, Avery Anderson, and Heather Darby
Posted: to Organic Production 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
Ask the Vet, November 2025: How can I improve hoof health on my farm?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Updated: Sun, Nov 16, 2025
Pay and Feed Prices November 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Nov 15, 2025
Updated: Sun, Nov 16, 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
FEATURED FARMS: Sweetening the Deal, Goodell Family Farm, Mantua, Ohio
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Updated: Fri, Sep 5, 2025
25th Annual NODPA Field Days, Pompey Rod and Gun Club, 2035 Swift Road, Pompey, NY 13138, September 25 & 26, 2025
The Next 25 Years of Organic Dairy in the Northeast-What will it Look Like?
Posted: to Field Days on Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Updated: Fri, Sep 5, 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
Ask the Vet, September 2025: Pasture Parasites: What pasture parasites do I need to worry about?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Updated: Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Exploring the Uses and Potential of Virtual Fencing
By Alayna Gerhardt-Crile, PhD, agricultural consultant focused on pasture systems and livestock technology
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Updated: Fri, Sep 5, 2025
Pay and Feed Prices, September 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices 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
FEATURED FARM: Tre-G Farms, Manlius, NY, owned and operated by the Smith Family
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 2025
The Next 25 Years of Organic Dairy in the Northeast – What will it look like? September 25 & 26, 2025
25th Annual NODPA Field Days, Pompey Rod and Gun Club, 2035 Swift Road, Pompey, NY 13138
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 2025
At A Glance: The 25th Annual NODPA Field Days Educational Program
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 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
Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards: A Refresher**
By Jacki Martinez Perkins, MOFGA’s Organic Dairy and Livestock Specialist
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Pay and Feed Price, July, 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 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
FEATURED FARM: Mapping the Move to Organics Peter and Jeremy Mapstone, partners at Pastureland Dairy, Manlius, NY
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, May 17, 2025
Updated: Sat, May 17, 2025
Save the Date! 25th Annual NODPA Field Days, September 25 & 26, 2025, Pompey Rod and Gun Club, 2035 Swift Road, Pompey, NY 13138
By Nora Owens, NODPA Field Days Coordinator
Posted: to Field Days on Sat, May 17, 2025
Updated: Sun, May 18, 2025
Modernizing Your Organic Dairy Record-Keeping: A Smarter Approach Save time, reduce stress, and simplify your organic record-keeping.
By Lauren Siver, US Dairy Herd Management Software Sales & Support Specialist, UNIFORM-Agri
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, May 17, 2025
Updated: Sat, May 17, 2025
What is Virtual Fencing?
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, May 17, 2025
Updated: Sat, May 17, 2025
Message from the Co-President: Profitability is in the Grass
By Roman Stoltzfoos
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, May 17, 2025
Updated: Sat, May 17, 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
Pay and Feed Price, May, 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, May 17, 2025
Updated: Sat, May 17, 2025
Ask the Vet: What is the best milking preparation routine for my cows?
By Dr. Micaela LoConte, DVM, Keseca Veterinary Clinic, Geneva, NY
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, May 17, 2025
Updated: Sat, May 17, 2025
Can Cows and Solar Panels Co-exist?
By Bradley J. Heins, Extension Specialist, Dairy Management and Professor, Dairy Management, West Central ROC, University of Minnesota ** full list of authors at the end of the article*
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, May 16, 2025
Updated: Wed, May 14, 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
History in the Making: Riverhill Farms, owned and operated by Cameron Clark and Patrice Maloney, Williston, VT
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Mar 15, 2025
Updated: Sun, Mar 16, 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
Pay and Feed Price, March, 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Mar 14, 2025
Updated: Sun, Mar 16, 2025
Ask the Vet: Calving and When to Intervene Question: How do I know when to start helping a cow who is calving?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Mar 14, 2025
Updated: Sat, Mar 15, 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
SAVE THE DATE! 25th Annual NODPA Field Days
Pompey Rod and Gun Club, Pompey, NY, September 25 & 26, 2025
Posted: to Field Days on Fri, Mar 14, 2025
Updated: Sat, Mar 15, 2025
FEATURED FARM: Ayrshires: Not just for Show, Hardy Farm, Farmington, Maine: Owned and operated by the Hardy Family
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Cost of Production on Grass-fed Dairy Farms in the Northeast in 2023
By Heather Darby, Sara Ziegler & Sarah Flack
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Grass-fed Dairy Production Practices and Farmer Perceptions Results from a survey of grass-fed dairy producers in the US
By Heather Darby and Sara Zeigler, University of Vermont
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jan 12, 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
Ask the Vet: What precautions should I take with my calves when it is cold out?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Updated: Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Pay and Feed Price, January 2025
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices 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
FEATURE FARM: The Wright’s Way, George and Linda Wright, Russell, NY
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Thu, Nov 21, 2024
FDA Warns Against Use of Aspirin in Lactating Dairy Cattle
By Guy Jodarski, DVM, Holistic Veterinarian
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Thu, Nov 7, 2024
NOSB meeting in Portland October 22nd -24th 2024*
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Sat, Nov 9, 2024
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
2023 Production and Financial Benchmarks for New York Organic Dairies
By Mary Kate MacKenzie, Farm Business Management Specialist PRO-DAIRY, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Sat, Nov 9, 2024
Feed and Pay Price, November 2024
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Ask the Vet: I’ve been having lots of trouble with my young calves recently, do you have any tips?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM, Columbia Veterinary Services, Hudson, NY
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Thu, Nov 7, 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
2024 NODPA Field Days Session Overview: “Building Your Team: the nuts and bolts of assembling a team of professionals”
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Thu, Oct 17, 2024
Updated: Thu, Nov 7, 2024
Feed and Pay Price, September, 2024
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Canadian Dairy Goes Organic: Roaming Valley Farm owned and operated by the Glover and Easter Families, Warkworth, Ontario, Canada
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Don't wait! Registration is open for the 24th Annual NODPA Field Days on September 26 & 27, 2024
Nichols Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 106 W. River Rd, Nichols, NY 13812
Posted: to Field Days on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Ask the Vet: Meloxicam may soon be allowed for use in organic dairy. What is it, and how do I use it?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 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
The Summer the Supreme Court Tore Up the Rules: What it Means for the Future of Our Food & Planet; Why Public Interest Advocacy is All the More Vital
By George Kimbrell, Co-Executive Director & Legal Director, Center for Food Safety Blog article, 8/12/24, reprinted with permission
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 7, 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
Feed and Pay Price, July, 2024
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Jul 14, 2024
Updated: Sun, Jul 14, 2024
Another Generation at Engelbert Farms Owned and Operated by the Engelbert Family, Nichols, NY
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Sun, Jul 14, 2024
The 24th Annual NODPA Field Days: Demystifying Succession Planning for Organic Dairy Farms, September 26 & 27, 2024
Nichols Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 106 W. River Road, Nichols, NY 13812
Posted: to Field Days on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Sun, Jul 14, 2024
Effective Succession Planning for Dairy Farms
By Ted LeBow, Co-CEO, and Evan Driscoll, Business Consultant, Kitchen Table Consultants
Posted: to Field Days on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Mon, Jul 15, 2024
H5N1 on Dairy Farms: Know it, understand it but don’t panic
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director, updated 7/30/2024
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Mon, Aug 5, 2024
Ask the Vet: Introducing New Veterinary Voices
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Sun, Jul 14, 2024
Ask the Vet, July, 2024: Holistic Approaches for Treating Metritis in Cows
By Alex Schaff, DVM, Midstate Veterinary Services, Cortland NY
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Sun, Jul 14, 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
Feed and Pay Price, May 2024
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, May 12, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2024
New Generation: Transition Success at MK Dairy LLC, Owego, NY Owned and operated by Madeline and Bruce Poole
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, May 11, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 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
Demystifying Succession Planning for Organic Dairy Farms: The 24th Annual NODPA Field Days
September 26 & 27, 2024 Nichols Volunteer Fire Hall, 106 West River Road, Nichols, NY 13812
Posted: to Field Days on Fri, May 10, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 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
Ask the Vet Column: There are so many different kinds of vaccines out there, How do I go about choosing the right ones for my herd?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, May 10, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2024
Feed and Pay Price, March, 2024
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Mon, Apr 1, 2024
Featured Farm: Practice Makes Progress at Prime Pastures Organic Dairy Farm, Lewiston, MN. Owned and operated by the Pangrac and Olson Families
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Save the Date for the 24th Annual NODPA Field Days: Securing the Future of Your Farm
Nichols Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 106 W. River Rd, Nichols, NY 13812, September 26 & 27, 2024
Posted: to Field Days on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 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
Ask the Vet Column: 2023 was a bad year for forages, what should I be looking out for when feeding stored feeds?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Organic Dairy Farmers go to Washington, DC
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Feed and Pay Price, January 2024
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024
FEATURED FARM: Dairy Rewind: Path to Grass-fed Milk Evening Star Ranch, Cape Vincent, NY: Owned and operated by the Aubertine and Churchill Families
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024
New Organic Animal Welfare Rules are Now Final*
Compiled and written by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Representatives Pingree and Molinaro introduce the bipartisan Organic Dairy Data Collection Act
Compiled by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Ask the Vet Column: Have You Heard of the Asian Longhorn Tick? What You Should Know About Ticks and Cattle
Dr. Elizabeth Martens, DVM Valleywide Veterinary Services, Bridport, VT
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Challenges and take-aways from summer cocktails for pasture
By Doug Hartkopf, Hart-to-Hart Farm with contributions from Carissa Stein and Sarah Flack
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 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
Feed and Pay Price, November 2023
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Updated: Fri, Nov 17, 2023
Reaping the Rewards: Award-winning Dairy, Ackermann Dairy Farm, Hardwick, VT, owned and operated by Jimmy and Sara Ackermann
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
The O DAIRY ACT – how it was made and a summary of what it mandates
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Updated: Sun, Nov 19, 2023
USDA AMS Organic Research Project Survey
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Whole Herd Health: Holistic Healing Therapies That Work A NODPA Field Days Workshop with Dr. Cynthia Lankenau, DVM
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Past Co-President
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Managing Soil Fertility and Other Lessons Learned on Grass-fed Dairies
By Sara Ziegler, Heather Darby, and Sarah Flack
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Nov 15, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Ask the Vet Column: Watch out for severe ketosis
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Nov 15, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Words from the Wise: NODPA Field Days Sessions Summaries: Six Principles of Soil Health and Profitability: Putting the Foundations into Practice
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Nov 15, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Pay and Feed Price, September/October, 2023
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Updated: Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Springside Farms, New Vineyard, Maine, owned and operated by Randall and Jill Bates
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Updated: Sun, Sep 17, 2023
The 23rd Annual NODPA Field Days are just around the corner!
There’s still time to register!
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Updated: Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Live music at the 23rd Annual NODPA Field Days!
Jeff Corle: From Cows to Country Music
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Updated: Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program Funds
Dear Secretary Vilsack,
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Updated: Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Recent ODairy Discussions - September, 2023
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Updated: Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Calving: Seek help if you suspect a uterine torsion
By Roy Lewis, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Updated: Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Combatting Lameness in a Grazing Herd
Reprinted with permission from Brad Heins, West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, MN
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Updated: Sun, Sep 17, 2023
Pay and Feed Price, July/August, 2023
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Sunny Crest Farm, owned and operated by David and Suzanne Peachey
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Wed, Aug 2, 2023
Farming With Financial Clarity, Confidence and Optimism (Without Digging the Hole Any Deeper)
23rd NODPA Field Days, Evangelical Lutheran Church, 200 E. Logan Street, Reedsville, PA 17084
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Wed, Aug 2, 2023
The Cost of Poor Financials
By Ted LeBow, Co-CEO, Kitchen Table Consultants and Taste Profit Marketing
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Proposed Hearing
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Mon, Jul 24, 2023
Recent ODairy Discussions - July, 2023
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Dr. Paul Dettloff, DVM 1942-2023
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Ask the Vet, July, 2023
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Pay and Feed Price, May/June 2023
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Sun, May 21, 2023
Featured Farm: California Organic Dairy Farming: Grazing Green at Cahill Dairy, Ferndale, California Owned and operated by the Cahill Family
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Sun, May 21, 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
Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
The 23rd NODPA Field Days, Evangelical Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall 200 E. Logan Street, Reedsville, PA 17084 September 28 & 29, 2023
Farming with Financial Clarity, Confidence and Optimism (Without Digging the Hole Any Deeper)
Posted: to Field Days on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Sun, May 21, 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
Ask the Vet, May, 2023: How do you prevent cross suckling?
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Sun, May 21, 2023
Recent ODairy Discussions - May, 2023
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Pay and Feed Price, March/April, 2023
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Balancing Act: Coulter Family Farms, the Kinley Coulter Family, Honey Grove, PA
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Sat, Mar 11, 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
Organically Enhancing Land with Multi-use Crops
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Save the Date For the 23rd Annual NODPA Field Days!
September 28 & 29, 2023
Posted: to Field Days on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Ask the Vet, March 2023: Tell us more about Staph. Aureus
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Working with Mother Nature... Heifer Maturity Matters
Dan Leiterman, President and CEO, Crystal Creek **Article reprinted with permission
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Thu, Mar 16, 2023
Recent ODairy Discussions - March, 2023
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Changing to Grow: Expanding the Family Dairy Stauderman Farm, Groton, NY, owned and operated by Karl and Tiffany Stauderman
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Jan 28, 2023
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2023
Pay and Feed Price, January/February, 2023
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2023
USDA Announcement on Additional Assistance for Organic Dairy Farmers
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
NODPA Responds to USDA Announcement
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
OFA Applauds USDA Announcement
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 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
Pay and Feed Price, November/December 2022
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Finding Value in Organic Dairy: Sheffer’s Grassland Dairy, Hoosick Falls, NY, owned and operated by Eric and Wally Sheffer
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Mon, Nov 21, 2022
Organic Dairy Buyers, Processors and Producers Ask Congress for Help
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 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
Ask the Vet: Question & Answer Session a Field Days Session Summary
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Sat, Dec 3, 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
Best Nutrition Strategies During Times of High Grain and Input Costs
By Bill Kipp, Nutritionist and Dairy Consultant, Middlebury, VT, Heather Darby, UVM Extension, Sara Ziegler, UVM Extension
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Recent ODairy Discussions – November, 2022
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion 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
Feed and Pay Price September/October, 2022
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022
A Dairy Legacy Thrives: Walter Organic Family Farm, Villard, Minnesota Owned and operated by Nate and Angie Walter
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022
The 22nd Annual NODPA Field Days Organic Dairy: What’s Next?
VFW Post 7823, 530 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT 05753
Posted: to Field Days on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Publication of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) Proposed Rule
By Ed Maltby, Executive Director, NODPA
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 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
One Year after Danone Dropped 89 Organic Dairy Farmers: Danone Needs to Do More to Help
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Thu, Aug 25, 2022
Updated: Thu, Aug 25, 2022
Pay and Feed Prices, July/August 2022
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Generational Farming at Severy Farm: Conventional to Organic to 100% Grass-fed
Nate and Kerianne Severy, Severy Farm, LLC, Cornwall, VT
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Organic Dairy: What’s Next? The 22nd Annual NODPA Field Days, Sept. 29 & 30, 2022
VFW Post 7823, 530 Exchange St., Middlebury, VT 05753
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jul 31, 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 2023 Farm Bill--What you can do
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the 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
Recent ODairy Discussions – July, 2022
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Pay and Feed Prices, May/June 2022
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 2022
2019-2020 Cost of Production on Vermont Organic Dairy Farms
By Jen Miller, NOFA-VT Farmer Services Director
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 2022
The 22nd Annual NODPA Field Days Returns to Vermont on September 29th & 30th, Middlebury, VT
Posted: to Field Days on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 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
Straus Dairy Farm’s Carbon-Neutral Goal Draws Near as CDFA Approves First-Ever Red Seaweed Supplement to Reduce Methane Emissions*
Posted: to Organic Production 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
Transitioning to Organic: A Natural Progression Eltimar Farm, Marathon, NY, owned and operated by Tim and Mary Elliott
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, May 10, 2022
Updated: Tue, May 10, 2022
Feed and Pay Price March/April, 2022
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Updated: Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Jumping into Organic Dairy Farming: Bo Lait Farm, Washington, Maine Owned and operated by Conor and Alexis MacDonald
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Updated: Sun, Apr 3, 2022
The Long Awaited Origin of Livestock Rule is Published
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Update on organic contracts in New York and New England
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Updated: Sun, Apr 3, 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
Save the Date: 22nd Annual NODPA Field Days, Middlebury, VT September 29 & 30, 2022
By Nora Owens, NODPA Field Days Coordinator
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Updated: Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Assessing PFAS Contamination on Dairy Farms in Maine
By Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, U of Maine Cooperative Extension, Sustainable Dairy and Forage Systems This article is reprinted with permission
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Updated: Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Genetic Diversity of the Jersey Breed
By Brad Heins, Associate Professor, Dairy Management, West Central ROC, University of MN This article first appeared in the March 2022 issue of News from the WROC, and is reprinted here with permission.
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Updated: Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Feed and Pay Price January 2022
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jan 23, 2022
FEATURED FARM: University Organic Dairy Farm: Beyond the Research University of Minnesota’s West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC)
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Update on the Organic Dairy Crises in the Northeast
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jan 23, 2022
The Danone/Horizon and Maple Hill Contract Dump: The Facts
By Ed Maltby, Executive Director, NODPA
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Testimony to the House Anti-Trust Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Stonyfield Co-founder Announces New Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership to save Organic Family Farms in the Northeast
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Mower with a Mind of its Own: A Partnership between University of Minnesota Researchers and a Minnesota Company aims to Make Farming More Sustainable
By Gayla Marty, Minneapolis-based freelance writer and Joel Haskard, University of Minnesota
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jan 23, 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
Danone’s Concessions to Northeast Dairy Farmers Is a Small Step Toward Honoring their Social Responsibility Commitment
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Tue, Dec 14, 2021
Updated: Tue, Dec 14, 2021
Danone’s December 13th Letter to NODPA
Dear Northeast Dairy Producers Alliance:
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Tue, Dec 14, 2021
Updated: Tue, Dec 14, 2021
Feed and Pay Price November/December 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Harrison’s Homegrown Dairy Farm, Patrick & Melanie Harrison, Addison, VT
Relocation and Certification: Changes on the Dairy By Tamara Scully
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Danone North America Ignores Specific Requests to help the 89 Dropped Organic Dairy Farm Families
Press Release
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Fri, Dec 10, 2021
Update on the Organic Dairy Market in the Northeast
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Sun, Dec 12, 2021
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
2021 NODPA Field Days: Session Summaries
Invest in your Forages Session, Insights from the Vets Session, and Field Days Recap
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Dairy Grazing Survey: We Need Your Input
Dear Organic Dairy Producer,
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
The Organic Economic Advantange
By Dale M. Johnson, University of Maryland Extension
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Recent ODairy Discussions – November, 2021
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
7,739 Organic Farmers and Consumers File Complaint
The Complaint is against B-Lab Calling for Action on Danone North America’s B Corp Certification
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Wed, Nov 24, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Organic Organizations Keep Up Pressure on Danone
Pressure to Stand by Northeast Organic Dairy Farm Families
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Tue, Nov 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Organic Groups & Consumers Call on Danone North America to Stand by Northeast Organic Dairy Farm Families
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Tue, Oct 26, 2021
Updated: Tue, Oct 26, 2021
Pay and Feed Price: September/October, 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Updated: Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Danone Drops 89 Organic Dairies and exits New England and Upstate New York (Updated 9/15/21)
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Mon, Oct 4, 2021
21st Annual NODPA Field Days September 30 & October 1, 2021
NODPA Field Days Summary Coming Soon
Posted: to Field Days on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Mon, Oct 4, 2021
FEATURED FARM: Grass-fed Growth: Finding what Works. Saddlers Run Farm, Allensville, PA
Owned and operated by Alvin and Marianne Peachy and family. By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Act Now!
Sign your name in support of NE Organic Dairy Farms!
Posted: to Danone & Maple Hill Terminate 135 Dairy Contracts on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Mon, Oct 4, 2021
Can Seaweed Cut Methane Emissions on Dairy Farms?
By Diane Nelson--article reprinted with permission from UC Davis
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Mon, Sep 20, 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
Feed and Pay Price July/August, 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Going Unconventional: A Grass-fed Journey The Choiniere Family Farm, Highgate, Vermont
By Tamara Scully, contributing writer, with assistance from Kathie Arnold
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 2, 2021
The 21st Annual NODPA Field Days: The Organic Dairy Community Coming Together to Explore Its Challenges and Opportunities
The Mallet Barn, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Freeport, Maine September 30th & October 1st
Posted: to Field Days on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 9, 2021
21st Annual NODPA Field Days Program
Posted: to Field Days on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Tue, Aug 3, 2021
Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment: A demonstration farm & educational center for innovative practices in regenerative ag
By Leah Puro, WNC Agricultural Research Coordinator
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Tue, Aug 3, 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
Recent ODairy Discussions – July, 2021
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Feed and Pay Price May/June, 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Grass-Fed Milk Production: Putting it all together Tafel Farm, Laurens, NY, Adam and Margaret Tafel, owner operators
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021
It’s Time to Make Travel Plans for the 21st Annual NODPA Field Days at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Freeport, Maine
By Nora Owens, NODPA Field Days Coordinator
Posted: to Field Days on Tue, Jun 1, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Origin of Livestock
By Kathie Arnold, Chair of the NODPA Policy Committee and past NODPA president, and Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jun 1, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Vilsack’s Checkoff Problem
By Clint Rainey
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jun 1, 2021
Updated: Thu, Nov 16, 2023
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
PFAs and Agriculture: What It Means
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jun 1, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Recent ODairy Discussions – May, 2021
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Jun 1, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Recent ODairy Discussions – March, 2021
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Jun 1, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021
Pay and Feed Price: March/April 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Regeneration: Alexandre Family Farm The Blake and Stephanie Alexandre Family, Crescent City, California
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, May 17, 2021
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 21st ANNUAL NODPA FIELD DAYS Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Freeport, Maine September 30th and October 1st, 2021
By Nora Owens, NODPA Field Days Coordinator
Posted: to Field Days on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Soil Farming
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News Contributing Writer
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 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
Value-Added Cow Genetics: Taking a look at A2/A2
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News Contributing Writer
Posted: to Organic Production 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
Feed and Pay Price January/February 2021
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Feb 4, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021
Just Beginning: An Organic Raw Milk Dairy Journey: Family Cow Farmstand, Hinesburg, Vermont
Owned and operated by Aubrey Schatz and Scott Hoffman
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Feb 4, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 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
Combating Invasive Weeds in Organic Dairy Pastures
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 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
Recent ODairy Discussions – January, 2021
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Updated: Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Working Hard to Keep It Simple: Green Acres Farmstead The Curvin Eby Family, Hagerstown, MD
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
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
The 20th Annual NODPA Field Days Producer-Only Meeting: A Summary
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
OSHA Assists in Identifying and Managing Dairy Farm Hazards
By Nick Donofrio, CAS – OSHA Region 2, New York State
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
Pay and Feed Price: November/December 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices 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
Recent ODairy Discussions, November/December, 2020
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
Pay and Feed Price: September/October 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Featured Farm: Decades of Organic Dairying: Lutteke Organics, Wells, Minnesota
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Welcome to NODPA’s Virtual Field Days and Annual Meeting
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Field Days on Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Companion Grasses for Forage Legumes
By Allen Wilder, Forage Agronomist, the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY and Sid Bosworth, Forage Agronomist, retired, University of Vermont Extension
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Update on Origin of Livestock
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Sep 27, 2020
Updated: Wed, Jul 19, 2023
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
Recent ODairy Discussions, September, 2020
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Sep 27, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Pay and Feed Prices: July/August, 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Aug 9, 2020
Updated: Sun, Aug 9, 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
COVID 19 Causes the Postponement of the 20th Annual NODPA Field Days
The September NODPA News will feature a Special NODPA Field Days Education Program Supplement Section
Posted: to Field Days on Fri, Aug 7, 2020
Updated: Sun, Aug 9, 2020
Managing Forage Legumes for Improved Productivity and Persistence
Rich Smith and Nick Warren University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Aug 7, 2020
Updated: Fri, Aug 7, 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
Featured Farm: Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Freeport, Maine
by Tamara Scully
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Aug 3, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020
20th Annual NODPA Field Days Postponed until 2021
Due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, the Annual NODPA Field Days at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Freeport ME, has been postponed until 2021
Posted: to Field Days on Thu, Jul 23, 2020
Updated: Thu, Jul 23, 2020
Recent ODairy Discussions – July 2020
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Wed, Jul 15, 2020
Updated: Wed, Jul 15, 2020
An Inside Look at Wisconsin Grazing Specialist’s Farm: Mahalko Dairy
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Thu, May 21, 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
The Key Role of Forage Legumes in Organic Dairy Diets: Effects on Your Bottom Line
By Andre F. Brito, Maichel J. Lange, and Luiz H. P. Silva; University of New Hampshire, Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Wed, May 20, 2020
UPDATE: The 20th Annual NODPA Field Days
Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agricultural and Environmental Education, Freeport, ME
Posted: to Field Days on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Wed, May 20, 2020
Pay and Feed Prices May/June 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Wed, May 20, 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
Recent Odairy Discussions, May, 2020
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Wed, May 20, 2020
Soil Fertility Expert weighs Costs, Benefits of Liming Low pH Soils
By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press This article, reprinted by permission, first appeared in the Capital Press, March 31, 2020
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Wed, May 20, 2020
Embracing Change at Tre-G Farms, Smith Family Farm, Pompey, NY
by Tamara Scully, NODPA News Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Mon, Apr 13, 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
ODairy Discussions - March/April, 2020
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
Pay and Feed Prices: March/April 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Wed, May 20, 2020
Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Freeport, Maine to Host the 20th Annual NODPA Field Days
By Allison Carrier, Marketing & Communications Manager, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment
Posted: to Field Days on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020
Update: SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL NODPA FIELD DAYS SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2020
Program Update
Posted: to Field Days 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
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL NODPA FIELD DAYS, SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2020
Posted: to Field Days 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
Pay and Feed Prices: January/February 2020
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Updated: Tue, Jan 28, 2020
Recent ODairy Discussions – January, 2020
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Jan 21, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020
Grassfed Direct Market Farming in Paradise: Dutch Meadows Farm
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Jan 9, 2020
Updated: Wed, Mar 25, 2020
Pay & Feed Prices Nov/Dec 2019
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Nov 19, 2019
Updated: Tue, Nov 19, 2019
Misty Brook Farm, Katia and Brendan Holmes, Albion, Maine
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019
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
2019 NODPA Field Days Summary
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Field Days on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Tue, Nov 19, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussion, November 2019
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Fri, Nov 15, 2019
Updated: Fri, Nov 15, 2019
Grunen Aue Farm, Nathan and Kristine Weaver Family Farm, Canastota, NY
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Oct 3, 2019
Updated: Thu, Oct 3, 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
Recent Odairy Discussion, September 2019
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Sep 22, 2019
Updated: Fri, Nov 22, 2019
Preparing for the Future of Organic Dairy: Strategies for Long-Term Sustainability, The 19th Annual NODPA Field Days, September 26 & 27, 2019
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL RATES UNTIL SEPTEMBER 19TH
Posted: to Field Days on Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 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
September/October 2019 Pay and Feed Prices
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2019
July/August 2019 Pay and Feed Prices
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Jul 26, 2019
Updated: Fri, Jul 26, 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
Recent Odairy Discussion, July 2019
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Jul 23, 2019
Updated: Fri, Jul 26, 2019
Troyer Family Farm, Fenner, NY: Making The Transition to Grassfed Dairying
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Jul 23, 2019
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Organic Pay and Feed Prices, May/June, 2019
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Jun 16, 2019
Updated: Sun, Jun 16, 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
Preparing for the Future of Organic Dairy: Strategies for Long-Term Sustainability
2019 NODPA Field Days
Posted: to Field Days on Thu, Jun 13, 2019
Updated: Thu, Jun 13, 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
Recent Odairy Discussion, May, 2019
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion 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
FEATURED FARM: Young Family Farm, Antwerp, NY
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jun 10, 2019
Updated: Fri, Jul 26, 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
Recent ODairy Discussions, March 2019
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Keeping Kelp in Front of Cows on Grass
By Brittany Olson, Reprinted with permission from Progressive Dairyman, March 18, 2019
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2019
Origin of Livestock Final Rule: Letter from the Organic Farmers Association
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Mon, May 6, 2019
Organic Milk Pay, Retail And Feed Prices: April 2019
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Stollers Organic Dairy, Sterling, Ohio, owned and operated by the Scott Stoller Family
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Apr 1, 2019
Updated: Sun, Jun 16, 2019
The 18th Annual NODPA Field Days
Tools for Survival: Weathering the Current Dairy Crisis While Maintaining Organic Integrity
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Thu, Mar 14, 2019
Updated: Thu, Mar 14, 2019
FEATURED FARM:Windmill Meadows Farm, Hagerstown, Maryland
Owned and Operated by the Jacob and May Horst Family
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Feb 28, 2019
Updated: Thu, Feb 28, 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
Origin of Livestock Final Rule-Next Steps
Letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Purdue
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Out-Wintering the Dairy Herd
By Brad Heins, Associate Professor of Dairy Science, West Central Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN
Posted: to Organic Production 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
Recent Odairy Discussions, January 2019
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussion, November, 2018
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussions, September, 2018
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussions, July, 2018
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussions, May 2018
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussions, March, 2018
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussions, January 2018
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussions, November, 2017
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussions, September, 2017
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussions, July, 2017
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Organic Pay, Retail and Feed Price, January 2019
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Jan 11, 2019
Updated: Mon, Jan 14, 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
Ottercrest Farm, Whiting, VT
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Updated: Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Organic Pay, Retail and Feed Price, November, 2018
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Nov 11, 2018
Updated: Sun, Nov 11, 2018
So You Want To Learn More About Organic Dairy?
By Karen Hills, Crop and Soil Technician, University of Vermont Extension
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Oct 19, 2018
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Thinking Outside The Fence
Organic Dairy Looks to Robotic Milker to Increase Family Time
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Oct 18, 2018
Updated: Thu, Oct 18, 2018
Current Research On Molasses As An Alternative Energy Source For Organic Dairy Herds
Forage & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Oct 18, 2018
Updated: Thu, Oct 18, 2018
Kevin Jahnke Fly Trap
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Oct 18, 2018
Updated: Thu, Oct 18, 2018
ORGANIC PRODUCTION
Weeds or Forbs?
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Sep 11, 2018
Updated: Tue, Sep 11, 2018
Analyzing Your Dairy Profits
Dale M. Johnson, Farm Management Specialist, University of Maryland Extension
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, Sep 10, 2018
Updated: Mon, Sep 10, 2018
Peace Hollow Farm, Knoxville, Maryland
In preparation for the 2018 NODPA Field Days, we’ve updated this Featured Farm article, originally published in the March 2017 NODPA News. Peace Hollow Farm is the site of the first Featured Farm. -by Sonja Heyck-Merlin
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Sep 8, 2018
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Organic Milk Pay, Retail and Feed Prices, September 2018
Sales of organic milk at retail are holding steady against increased competition from plant based beverages which lack the nutrition of milk but are easier for manufacturers to source supply and control costs of inputs.
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Sep 7, 2018
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 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 Crisis in the Organic Dairy Movement
Farmers and Consumers, Working Together, Can Reestablish Economic Justice
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sat, Aug 18, 2018
Updated: Sat, Aug 18, 2018
Vermont Organic Dairy Farm Profitability 2016
By Jon Walsh, MS Candidate, University of Vermont, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Tue, Aug 7, 2018
Updated: Tue, Aug 7, 2018
Holterholm Farms, Jefferson, Maryland
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Aug 7, 2018
Updated: Tue, Aug 7, 2018
Organic Milk Pay, Retail and Feed Prices Update for July 2018
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Jul 1, 2018
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Democracy Worked
USDA Terminates the Organic Checkoff Proposal, Citing “Lack of Support”
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jun 20, 2018
Updated: Wed, Jun 20, 2018
What’s Wrong with Organic Certification, and What Should Be Done About It?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jun 20, 2018
Updated: Wed, Jun 20, 2018
Homestead Fields, LaFargeville, NY
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Jun 19, 2018
Updated: Tue, Jun 19, 2018
BORG-way FARM, Belgrade, Minnesota
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Mar 27, 2018
Updated: Tue, Mar 27, 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 Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price Update for March 2018
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Mar 1, 2018
Updated: Thu, Mar 1, 2018
Forecast for Organic Dairy in 2018 & Beyond
Organic Dairy Producers’ Thoughts on the Current State of Organic Dairy
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jan 29, 2018
Updated: Mon, Jan 29, 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
Anatomy of a Wet Year: Insights from New York Farmers
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jan 29, 2018
Updated: Mon, Jan 29, 2018
THE MILKHOUSE FARM & DAIRY Monmouth, Maine
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jan 29, 2018
Updated: Mon, Jan 29, 2018
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price Update for January 2018
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jan 1, 2018
Updated: Mon, Jan 1, 2018
Organic Dairy Policy
What Producers Can Do Now
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Nov 20, 2017
Updated: Mon, Nov 20, 2017
To the NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 20, 2017
Updated: Mon, Nov 20, 2017
The Fall NOSB Meeting
Francis Thicke’s Closing Remarks
Posted: to Policy in the 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
Ryan and Annie Murray’s Hidden Meadows Dairy, Cincinnatus, New York
By Sonja Heyck-Merlin
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, Nov 15, 2017
Updated: Tue, May 28, 2019
A Summary of the NOSB Fall 2017 Meeting
by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Nov 2, 2017
Updated: Thu, Nov 2, 2017
2017, September Pay and Feed Price Update
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Updated: Fri, Oct 12, 2018
The 17th Annual NODPA Field Days
Embracing Change in Organic Dairy: Truxton, New York
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2019
Is Robotics Part of the Organic Dairy Farm of the Future?
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 25, 2017
Updated: Mon, Sep 25, 2017
Organics under Attack
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Sep 18, 2017
Updated: Mon, Sep 18, 2017
What is the Right Herd Size for Your Farm
By Sarah Flack
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 18, 2017
Updated: Mon, Oct 22, 2018
An Interview with Neal Kinsey
By Sonja Heyck-Merlin
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 18, 2017
Updated: Mon, Sep 18, 2017
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price, September 2017
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Updated: Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Letter to the Secretary of Agriculture
No Organic Checkoff Coalition
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Updated: Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Casey Farms, Apulia Station, New York
Bill and Joanne Casey
Posted: to Featured Farms on Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Updated: Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Green Wind Farm, Fairfield, VT
Owned & Operated By Julie Wolcott & Steve MacCausland
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, May 31, 2017
Updated: Wed, May 31, 2017
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
Organic Farmers, Consumers Call for USDA to Reject Organic Checkoff with comments to USDA
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, May 31, 2017
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
The National Organic Standards Board
Fall Meeting October 31, 2017
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, May 31, 2017
Updated: Wed, May 31, 2017
CowSignals
A Successful Approach to Putting the Focus in the Barn Design and Management on the Cow
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, May 31, 2017
Updated: Wed, May 31, 2017
Recent Odairy Discussion, May, 2017
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Wed, May 3, 2017
Updated: Thu, Jan 3, 2019
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price, May 2017
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, May 1, 2017
Updated: Mon, May 1, 2017
Organic Farmers, Consumers Call for USDA to Reject Organic Checkoff with comments to USDA
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Apr 11, 2017
Updated: Tue, Apr 11, 2017
Federal Mandated Checkoff
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Apr 11, 2017
Updated: Tue, Apr 11, 2017
Recent ODairy Discussion, April, 2017
By Liz Bawden, Organic Dairy Farmer, NODPA President
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Apr 11, 2017
Updated: Thu, Jan 3, 2019
Difficult respiratory cases in the bovine and their treatment with western herbal medicines
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Updated: Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Stop the Organic Checkoff Program (a Tax)!
Submit Comments on the Proposed Rule before April 19th.
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 2018
Organic Dairy Farm Profitability in 2015
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Updated: Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Peace Hollow Farm, Knoxville, Maryland
Faith In Grass
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Updated: Tue, Nov 20, 2018
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price, March 2017
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Mar 1, 2017
Updated: Wed, Mar 1, 2017
Resilient Farming for a Changing Climate
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Updated: Wed, Feb 15, 2017
When Correcting Your Soil Costs Too Much
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Updated: Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Major farm groups to Trump
Adopt GIPSA rules
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Updated: Wed, Feb 15, 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
Rob N Vale Farms
A Hillside Tradition
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Updated: Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Danone acquisition of WhiteWave moves forward without Stonyfield
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Updated: Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price
January 2017 Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Dairy Succession Efforts get Boost from Grant
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Updated: Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Anatomy of a Rare Drought
Insights from New York Farmers
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Updated: Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Highlights of the NOSB Meeting
St. Louis, MO - November 16 to 18, 2016
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Nov 16, 2016
Updated: Wed, Nov 16, 2016
Statement of the Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing, Inc.
To the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Nov. 16, 2016, St. Louis, MO
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Nov 16, 2016
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
The 16th Annual NODPA Field Days Summary
The Future of Organic Dairy Farming: Regenerate, Renew, Refresh
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Updated: Tue, Nov 15, 2016
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
Useful Information for Organic Dairy Farmers
FYI
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Updated: Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Jamink Farm, St. Andrews, Ontario, Canada
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Updated: Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price, November 2016
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Nov 1, 2016
Updated: Tue, Nov 1, 2016
Organic Checkoff Update
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Sep 13, 2016
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Portable Parlors, Robots & Challenges Managing Dairy Animal Flow in Grazing Systems
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Sep 13, 2016
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price, September 2016
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Sep 1, 2016
Updated: Thu, Sep 1, 2016
Organic Checkoff Update
Letter from the No Organic
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jul 26, 2016
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
The Art and Science of Grazing
A Book Review
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jul 26, 2016
Updated: Tue, Jul 26, 2016
Updated Comments on the Proposed Rule
Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jul 26, 2016
Updated: Tue, Jul 26, 2016
Andrew P. Bures Farm, Deerbrook, WI
An Interview with Wisconsin farmer Andy Bures: A Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Master’s Perspective
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Jul 26, 2016
Updated: Tue, Jul 26, 2016
Hills-N-Valley Farm, Walnut Creek, Ohio
Grain-Free and Once-A-Day
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Jul 26, 2016
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
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
FOOD Farmers asks for extension on comment on Animal Welfare Regs
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Jul 1, 2016
Updated: Fri, Jul 1, 2016
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price, July 2016
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Jul 1, 2016
Updated: Fri, Jul 1, 2016
Organic Livestock & Poultry Practices
Proposed Rule
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, May 24, 2016
Updated: Tue, May 24, 2016
OTA updates its Organic Checkoff proposal
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, May 24, 2016
Updated: Tue, May 24, 2016
Recent Odairy Discussion, May, 2016
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, May 24, 2016
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Rainbow Valley Farm, Sydney, ME
Building a TRANS Iowa Parlor
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, May 24, 2016
Updated: Tue, May 24, 2016
Recent Odairy Discussion, April, 2016
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Fri, Apr 29, 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
Organically Certified Operations Exemption from Paying into Conventional Check-offs
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Mar 28, 2016
Updated: Mon, Mar 28, 2016
Acupuncture in the Dairy Cow
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Mar 28, 2016
Updated: Mon, Mar 28, 2016
Breeding Considerations
For Organic Dairy Farms
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Mar 28, 2016
Updated: Mon, Mar 28, 2016
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price, March 2016
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Mar 1, 2016
Updated: Tue, Mar 1, 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
Help USDA AMS decide if there is support for an Organic Check-Off
Register your opposition now
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 27, 2016
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Check-off’s are not inevitable
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Profitability of Organic Farms Up Slightly in 2014
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Mon, Jan 25, 2016
’Baby, its Cold Outside’: Watch out for Livestock!
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
No Organic Checkoff Coalition applauds USDA finalizing organic farmers’ exemption from commodity check-offsz
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
NODPA Regional Round Up
August 2015
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Twin Oaks Dairy, Truxton, NY
The Evolution of a Farmer and a Farm
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Lynd Family Farm, Walden, VT
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price, January 2016
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Jan 1, 2016
Updated: Fri, Jan 1, 2016
Planning for Winter Feeding
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Dec 15, 2015
Updated: Tue, Dec 15, 2015
Recent Odairy Discussion, December, 2015
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Dec 15, 2015
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Hydroponics
What’s The Big Deal?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Nov 24, 2015
Updated: Tue, Nov 24, 2015
NOSB MEETING, Stowe, Vermont
Oct 26-29, 2015
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Nov 24, 2015
Updated: Tue, Nov 24, 2015
Organic Milk, Pay, Retail and Feed Prices November 2015
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Nov 24, 2015
Updated: Tue, Nov 24, 2015
KT Organic Farms, Kewaskum, Wisconsin
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Nov 24, 2015
Updated: Tue, Nov 24, 2015
What Eating Organic Food Does for the World
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Oct 20, 2015
Updated: Tue, Oct 20, 2015
Pasture, Calves and Internal Parasites
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Oct 20, 2015
Updated: Tue, Oct 20, 2015
ACTION ALERT
Proposed Rule Change on Requirements for Field Testing Regulated Genetically Engineered Wheat
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Oct 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Oct 1, 2015
Help USDA AMS decide if there is support for an Organic Check-Off
register your opposition now
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Sep 10, 2015
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Alfred State College Offers Unique Blend of Organic Dairy Education
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Sep 10, 2015
Updated: Thu, Sep 10, 2015
Organic Milk Pay, Feed and Retail Price September 2015
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Sep 1, 2015
Updated: Tue, Sep 1, 2015
Let there be light on pork checkoffs
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Aug 19, 2015
Updated: Wed, Aug 19, 2015
Regional Roundup from Organic Dairy Farm Families
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Cow Comfort
The Big Picture
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Updated: Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Recent Odairy Discussion, August, 2015
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Grazing
Management of Perrenial Pastures in the Summer
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Updated: Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Recent Odairy Discussions, July 2015
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jul 20, 2015
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
NOSB is expanding the opportunity for public comment
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jul 20, 2015
Updated: Mon, Jul 20, 2015
Organic Checkoff Partial Proposal
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jul 20, 2015
Updated: Mon, Jul 20, 2015
Cottonwood Farms, LLC, Pavilion, NY
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jul 20, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Pay Price, Feed & Retail Price, July 2015
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Jul 1, 2015
Updated: Wed, Jul 1, 2015
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
Origin of Livestock
USDA NOP Publishes Proposed Rule for Comment
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, May 25, 2015
Updated: Mon, May 25, 2015
Fendry Family Farm, Strum, WI
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, May 25, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Pay price, feed and retail price, May 2015
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, May 1, 2015
Updated: Fri, May 1, 2015
Recent Odairy Discussions, April, 2015
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Wed, Apr 1, 2015
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
National Organic Coalition’s Pre-NOSB Meeting
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015
NODPA Regional Round Up: March 2015
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Pay price, feed and retail price update, March 2015
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Book Review: A Holistic Vet’s Prescription for a Healthy Herd
A Holistic Vet’s Prescription for a Healthy Herd
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Preparing for Spring
A Pre-Turnout Checklist
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Dr. Hubert Karreman Presents
A series of classes on bovine health
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Grunen Aue Farm, Canastota, New York
"The Farm Lives & Dies With Our White Clover"
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Webcast of U.S. Department of Agriculture Stakeholder Workshop on Coexistence
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Feb 10, 2015
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Recent Odairy Discussion, February, 2015
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Seeking Farmers for Farm Succession Project
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Updated: Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Preventing and Treating Pneumonia
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Updated: Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Profitability Declines Slightly in 2013
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Wed, Jan 14, 2015
Updated: Wed, Jan 14, 2015
Tide Mill Organic Farm, Edmunds, Maine
Nine Generations in the Making
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, Jan 14, 2015
Updated: Wed, Jan 14, 2015
Pay price, feed and retail price, January 2015
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Organic Trade Association
Organic Check-off proposal, and some answers to NODPA Questions
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Free Speech and Prohibited Messaging
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Say No to Setting Up An Organic Check-Off
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
No Organic Checkoff.Com
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Organic Checkoff Tax
USDA Wants More Proposals
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Origin of Livestock Comments to USDA NOP
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
NOSB meeting next week in snowy Vermont
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Organic Farmers
Weigh in on National Organic Survey
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 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
Recent Odairy Discussion, December, 2014
Robust discussions about preventing gangrene mastitis, constipation and respiratory illnesses
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Letters and Commentary
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Updated: Mon, Dec 1, 2014
On The Road Again: Five Danes in a Van
Danes Tour Northeast Organic Farms
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Updated: Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Environment and Behavior
Biodiversity and Cattle Well-being
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Updated: Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Recent Odairy Discussion, December, 2014
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Upbeat NOSB Meeting in Kentucky
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Nov 19, 2014
Updated: Wed, Nov 19, 2014
Regional Round-up from Organic Dairy Producers
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Feed, Pay and Retail Price, November 2014
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices 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
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
Summary: The 14th Annual NODPA Field Days, Stonewall Farm, Keene, NH
And Annual Meeting Hailed as a Great Success
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Updated: Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Parting Words from NODPA’s News & Website Editor
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Updated: Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Hamilton Heights Dairy Farm & Emerald Valley Dairy Farm, South Central PA
Milking Acres, Not Cows
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Updated: Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Recent Odairy Discussion, October, 2014
Robust discussions about eye injuries, constipation and bloating, organic grain supply in the Northeast, a debate about 100% grassfed, and more.
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Oct 7, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Feed, Pay and Retail Price, October 2014
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Oct 1, 2014
Updated: Wed, Oct 1, 2014
Northwood Farm, Wonewoc, Wisconsin
Creating A Healthy Food System Through Stewardship & Activism
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Interview with NOSB Chair
Jean Richardson
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Updated: Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Preventive Practices To Maintain Animal Health
An interview with Dr. Cynthia Lankenau
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Updated: Mon, Sep 8, 2014
“What I’ve learned from farmers using zero-grain dairy rations”
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Updated: Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Tackling Farm Entry & Exit Challenges for Today’s Organic Farmer
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Updated: Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Feed, Pay and Retail Price, September 2014
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Sep 8, 2014
Updated: Mon, Sep 8, 2014
“Madre Method” of Calf Rearing
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Aug 18, 2014
Updated: Mon, Aug 18, 2014
Dual purpose Fleckvieh
A consideration for organic dairies
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Aug 18, 2014
Updated: Mon, Aug 18, 2014
Recent Odairy Discussion, July, 2014
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jul 28, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Organic farmer and rancher leaders meet in Washington DC to discuss forming a national organization
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jul 24, 2014
Updated: Thu, Jul 24, 2014
Johne’s Disease
Thoughts & Case Histories
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jul 23, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Cover Crops as Forage Crops
A Look at Winter Rye and Triticale
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jul 23, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jul 23, 2014
Sheen Dairy Farm, Gouverneur, NY
Making Quality Milk by ‘Keeping It Simple’
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, Jul 23, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jul 23, 2014
Feed, Pay and Retail Price, July 2014
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Jul 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Jul 1, 2014
Farmer Groups meet in DC to discuss how to give farmers more clout in national policy
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jun 10, 2014
Updated: Tue, Jun 10, 2014
Organic Dairy Production with the End in Mind
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 9, 2014
Updated: Mon, Jun 9, 2014
Crossbreeding? Consider Norwegian Reds
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 9, 2014
Updated: Mon, Jun 9, 2014
Recent Odairy Discussion, June, 2014
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jun 9, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Dharma Lea Farm, Sharon Springs, NY
Returning Nutrition to Food, & Profits to the Farmer
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, May 19, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Feed, Pay and Retail Price, May 2014
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, May 1, 2014
Updated: Thu, May 1, 2014
GMO Labeling Law passes in VT
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Apr 8, 2014
Updated: Tue, Apr 8, 2014
Feed, Pay and Retail Price, April 2014
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Apr 8, 2014
Updated: Tue, Apr 8, 2014
Preventing & Treating Lameness in Cows
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Apr 7, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Magnesium for Dairy Pastures
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Apr 7, 2014
Updated: Mon, Apr 7, 2014
Recent Odairy Discussion, April, 2014
Robust discussions about treating cows with a high SCC, Johnnes disease, and coccidiosis treatment.
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Apr 7, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Would a “National Checkoff” Fit Organic?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Mar 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Mar 17, 2014
Share of the retail dollar
How important is it in determining pay price?
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Mar 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Mar 17, 2014
Stonewall Farm, Keene, NH
Scale Appropriate Farming For Sustainability
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Mar 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Mar 17, 2014
The Story of the CowVac
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Feb 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Feb 17, 2014
Recent Odairy Discussion, February, 2014
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Feb 11, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Online Resources, February 2014
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Feb 11, 2014
Updated: Tue, Feb 11, 2014
Kathleen A. Merrigan to Serve as Executive Director of the Sustainability Institute
The former U.S. Department of Agriculture deputy secretary will lead new university-wide Sustainability Institute.
Posted: to National News on Thu, Feb 6, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Drought parches organic dairy pastures
Posted: to National News on Mon, Feb 3, 2014
Updated: Mon, Feb 3, 2014
Maine’s Oakhurst Dairy sold to farmer cooperative
Posted: to National News on Sat, Feb 1, 2014
Updated: Sat, Feb 1, 2014
Learn from the Vet
Dairy Cows
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Jan 24, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Feed Price, January 2014
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Jan 24, 2014
Updated: Fri, Jan 24, 2014
Economic Sustainability of Vermont Organic Dairy Farms
How Strong Is the Economic Leg?
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, Jan 20, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Environmentalists, Farmers Challenge USDA’s Call for the Deregulation of Crops with Genetically Engineered Tolerance to the Highly Toxic Herbicide 2,4-D
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jan 20, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Kimball Brook Farm, Ferrisburg, VT
From Wholesale Milk To Value-Added
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jan 20, 2014
Updated: Mon, Jan 20, 2014
Organic Dairy
Forecasts for 2015 and Beyond
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 14, 2014
Updated: Tue, Jan 14, 2014
US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publishes its unified agenda for Fall 2014
Busy time for NOP and AMS
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Busy Time for Organic Trade Association (OTA)
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jan 1, 2014
14th Annual NODPA Field Days, Keene, NH: Summary
Summary
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jan 1, 2014
A Pasture is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Revoke Changes To Sunset Provision
Letter to the Congressional Organic Caucus from consumer cooperatives
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jan 1, 2014
The USDA Organic Check-Off 2014
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Should Soilless Hydroponic Growing Operations be Certified Organic?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Enhancing Cover Crop Benefits With Species Mixtures And Organic Reduced Tillage Systems
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Farm Bill News, NOC Advocates for increased organic funding
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Organic Check-Off
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
National Organic Program and National Organic Standards Board
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Poultry Litter on Pastures: Trash or Treasure?
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Controlling Flies This Summer
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jan 1, 2014
Updated: Wed, Jan 1, 2014
USDA Extend Agricultural Coexistence Comment Period to March 4, 2014
Posted: to National News on Tue, Dec 24, 2013
Updated: Tue, Dec 24, 2013
Agroforestry
Trees, bushes, crops and intensive grazing
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Dec 9, 2013
Updated: Mon, Dec 9, 2013
Who is responsible for the audit trail for transporting milk and hay?
USDA Releases Guidance on handling unpackaged organic products.
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Dec 9, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Recent Odairy Discussion, December, 2013
Robust discussions about ovarian cysts, fly control, milkweed and chicory, and more.
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Dec 9, 2013
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
More Helpful Fatty Acids Found in Organic Milk
Posted: to National News on Mon, Dec 9, 2013
Updated: Mon, Dec 9, 2013
Organic Check-off
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Nov 18, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
The War of Words in the fight for organic integrity and less synthetics in organics
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Nov 18, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Feed Price, October 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Nov 18, 2013
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2013
Organic Pay & Retail Price, November 2013
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Nov 18, 2013
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2013
The 13th Annual NODPA Field Days Summary
November 12, 2013
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Tue, Nov 12, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Ralph Caldwell suffers drastic loss
November 12, 2013
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Nov 12, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Maple Valley Farm, Lorraine, NY
Organic Dairy Farming for Quality of Life
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Nov 12, 2013
Updated: Fri, Oct 19, 2018
The 2013 NODPA Field Days, Mansfield, PA Summary
Posted: to Field Days Summaries on Sun, Oct 6, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Feed Price, October 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Oct 6, 2013
Updated: Sun, Oct 6, 2013
Organic Pay & Retail Price, October 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Oct 6, 2013
Updated: Sun, Oct 6, 2013
Feed Price, September 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Sep 11, 2013
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 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
Engelbert Farms, Nichols, NY
First Certified Organic Dairy Farm: Diversifiying to include the next generation
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Sep 10, 2013
Updated: Tue, Sep 10, 2013
Using Multi-Species Cover Crops for Your Benefit
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Sep 1, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Using Biologicals in the Organic Herd
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Sep 1, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Say YES to permanently exempting all organically certified operations from paying into federal mandatory check-off programs
Say NO to setting up an Organic Check-Off
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Sep 1, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Organic Pay & Retail Price, September 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Sep 1, 2013
Updated: Sun, Sep 1, 2013
Cocktail Cover Cropping
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jul 30, 2013
Updated: Tue, Jul 30, 2013
Pasture Quality Variation Throughout The Grazing Season
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jul 30, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Cocktail Cover Cropping
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jul 30, 2013
Updated: Tue, Jul 30, 2013
The Organic Check-Off
OTA pushes its initiative through Webinars and mass mailings
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jul 30, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
B-A-Blessing Farm, John and Tammy Stoltzfus, Whitesville, NY
No-Grain, Fodder-Fed Organic Dairy
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jul 29, 2013
Updated: Mon, Jul 29, 2013
Meet Your 2013 NODPA Board Members and State Reps!
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jun 20, 2013
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
An Introduction to Holistic Management
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 3, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Raw Milk as a Pasture Biostimulant
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 3, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Online Resources for the Organic Dairy Producer
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 3, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
GMO’s: Coexistence not working as Unapproved, Genetically Engineered Wheat is Found in Oregon Farmer’s Field
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jun 3, 2013
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Recent Odairy Discussion, June 15, 2013
Robust discussions about fence chargers, mowers, balancing cow rations, and more.
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jun 3, 2013
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussion, June, 2013
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jun 3, 2013
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Organic Pay & Retail Price, June 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Jun 1, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Action Alerts, June 2013
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sat, Jun 1, 2013
Updated: Sat, Jun 1, 2013
Dykstra Farms, Burlington, WA
Finding Ways to Stay Profitable in Organic Dairy
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, May 20, 2013
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
Meet Your NODPA State Representatives
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 20, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Notes from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting
Portland, Oregon, April 9 -11, 2013
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, May 20, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Feed Price, May 2013
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, May 20, 2013
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
Managing Flies on Your Organic Dairy Farm
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, May 19, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
The Cost of Low Blood Calcium in Dairy Cows
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, May 19, 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
Feed Price Summary April 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Apr 10, 2013
Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013
Renovating Pastures with Frost-Seeded Clovers
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Organic Pay & Retail Price, April 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
Portland, Oregon, April 9 -11, 2013
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Evaluating Perennial Ryegrass Blends for Improving Pasture Productivity and Extending the Grazing Season
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Apr 3, 2013
Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2013
Recent Odairy Discussion, April, 2013
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Wed, Apr 3, 2013
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Organic Check-off at the MOSES Conference
Farmers unequivocally say “NO” to OTA’s idea of a standard program, open to further discussion
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Results from Short-Term Studies Using Kelp Meal as a Supplement to Dairy Animals at the University of New Hampshire
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Organic Pay & Retail Price Update, March 2013
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Updated: Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Feed Price Summary March 2013
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Updated: Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Organic Pay & Retail Price, February 2013
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Feb 18, 2013
Updated: Mon, Feb 18, 2013
Feed Price Summary February 2013
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Feb 11, 2013
Updated: Mon, Feb 11, 2013
Recent Odairy Discussion, February, 2013
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Cornell Dairy Farm Business Summary
Organic Dairy Farm Results
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Updated: Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Weed-Eating Heifers Transition To Pasture More Easily
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Updated: Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Feeding Home Grown Forages: Rotating for Quality
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Updated: Thu, Oct 18, 2018
The organic community welcomes the appointment of Francis Thicke to the NOSB
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Updated: Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Meet Your NODPA Board Members!
Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 2018
Feed Price Summary January 2013
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Updated: Tue, Jan 22, 2013
A brief history of Parity Pricing and the present day ramifications of the abandonment of a Par Economy
By Kevin Engelbert, Organic Dairy Farmer, Nichols, NY
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Updated: Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Organic Pay & Retail Price, December 2012
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Dec 9, 2012
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 2018
Recent Odairy Discussion, December, 2012
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Dec 9, 2012
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Feed Price Summary December 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Dec 9, 2012
Updated: Sun, Dec 9, 2012
You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Dec 9, 2012
Updated: Sun, Dec 9, 2012
U of M study will help organic dairy farms become more profitable
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Sun, Dec 9, 2012
Updated: Sun, Dec 9, 2012
Addressing Low Soil Calcium Improves Forage Quality & Economic Return
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Dec 9, 2012
Updated: Sun, Dec 9, 2012
Feed Price Summary November 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Nov 26, 2012
Updated: Mon, Nov 26, 2012
Organic Pay & Retail Price, November 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Nov 24, 2012
Updated: Sat, Nov 24, 2012
Maine Farmers Press For A New Farm Bill
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Nov 24, 2012
Updated: Sat, Nov 24, 2012
Mycotoxin Alert
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Nov 20, 2012
Updated: Tue, Nov 20, 2012
Moore Farms, Nichols, NY
No Grain, Grass-Intensive Seasonal Dairy
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Nov 20, 2012
Updated: Tue, Nov 20, 2012
Fearless Farm Finances: Book Review
Farm Financial Management Demystified
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Wed, Oct 10, 2012
Updated: Wed, Oct 10, 2012
Feed Price Summary October 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Oct 7, 2012
Updated: Sun, Oct 7, 2012
Recent Odairy Discussion, October, 2012
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Fri, Oct 5, 2012
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Adding Value, Gaining Strength: Kimball Brook Farm Gets a Hand
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Oct 5, 2012
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Study Finds Mixed Levels of Profitability On Vermont Organic Dairy Farms for 2011
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Updated: Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Managing Beneficial Fatty Acids in Forage Crops to Enhance Nutritional Quality of Milk
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Updated: Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Bringing Health and Sustainable Production to your Farm with Nutrient Dense Forages
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Updated: Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Bringing Health and Sustainable Production to your Farm with Nutrient Dense Forages
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Updated: Mon, Sep 10, 2012
How to Avoid Costly Mistakes in Pasture Management
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Updated: Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Miller Dairy and Franklin Farm, Southern VT
Southern VT Farmers Host 2012 Field Days Tours
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Feed Price Summary September 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Updated: Mon, Sep 10, 2012
No Pay Price Increase In Sight
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Updated: Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Organic Pay And Retail Price, August 2012
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Aug 6, 2012
Updated: Mon, Aug 6, 2012
Feed Price Summary August 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Aug 6, 2012
Updated: Mon, Aug 6, 2012
Recent Odairy Discussion, August, 2012
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Observations on alfalfa and alfalfa-grass mixtures for dairy grazing systems in North Carolina using organic or conventional management
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Updated: Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Real Supply Management
The history and politics of a successful program in Canada
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Updated: Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Feed Price Summary August 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Aug 1, 2012
Updated: Wed, Aug 1, 2012
Kimvale Farm, Falconer, NY
Making the Transition to an Organic Dairy
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Organic Trade Association (OTA) Proposal to Implement an Organic Research and Promotion Program
Organic Check-Off
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Farm Bill Clears the House Agriculture Committee
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Armyworms On The March
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Growing Annuals for Grazing
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Feed Price Summary July 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Organic Pay And Retail Price, July 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Organic Pay And Retail Price, June 2012
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Feed Price Summary June 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Recent Odairy Discussion, June, 2012
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Storage of Homeopathic Remedies & Treatment of Common Maladies on the Dairy Farm
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Fly Control & Pinkeye
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jun 4, 2012
OTA proposes legislative language for an Organic Check-off
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012
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
Filler Forage
Extending the Grazing Season
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012
Grazing Acres Farm, Chetek, WI
Vibrant Grass-Based, No Grain Organic Dairy
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012
Organic Pay And Retail Price, May 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012
Feed Price Summary May 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012
Feed Price Summary March 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Updated: Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Recent Odairy Discussion, April, 2012
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
The Benefits Of Using Fish and Seaweed Products To Feed Your Forage Crops
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Updated: Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Farmers in Lake Champlain Basin to Get Increased Assistance with Nutrient Management Implementation
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Updated: Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Vaccination of Organic Livestock
Goals and strategies for a first rate vaccination program
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Updated: Sun, Apr 1, 2012
Producing your Own Open Pollinated Corn Seed
Homegrown Strategies for Dealing with the Onslaught of GMO Corn
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Updated: Thu, Mar 8, 2012
NOP, NOSB And Organic Industry News And Comments
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Updated: Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Got Carbon?
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Updated: Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Managing For High Quality Forages
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Updated: Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Feed Price Summary March 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Updated: Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Organic Pay And Retail Price, March 2012
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Updated: Thu, Mar 8, 2012
Recent Odairy Discussion, January, 2012
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Consider Deep Pack Barns for Cow Comfort And Manure Management
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Dry Cows Can Have Good Memories
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Assisting Organic Dairy Producers to Meet New and Emerging Milk Markets
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
New England Farmers Are the 99%
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Get to Know Jean Richardson
New NOSB Member from Vermont
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Indian Stream Farm, Pittsburg, NH
A Family Farm With Deep Historical Roots
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Jan 22, 2012
Updated: Sun, Jan 22, 2012
The Corse Farm Dairy, LLC., Whitingham, VT
Organic Dairy Production With A Keen Eye On Quality
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Organic Dairy Family Farmers need a fair share of the retail dollar
They require at least a 40c a gallon increase in their milk price to stay in business
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
NODPA’S FAIR SHARE PETITION
Fair Share of the Retail Dollar for Organic Dairy Producers
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Resources to help you decide what to do if your gas lease is expiring
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
How to respond to Force Majeure claims from your gas company
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Natural Gas Exploration and its Impact on Organic Agriculture
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
From City to the Farm: A Financial Downfall?
"It just doesn’t add up"
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
eOrganic Dairy: A Year in Review and What’s on Tap for 2012 by Debra Heleba, eOrganic Dairy Team Coordinator
A Year in Review and What’s on Tap for 2012
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Changing Of Board And Officers At NODPA
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
The Organic Milk Market, January 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Organic Dairy Pay Price, January 2012
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Feed Price Summary January 2012
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012
FOOD Farmers Position Statements
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Dec 6, 2011
Updated: Tue, Dec 6, 2011
The Organic Milk Market in December 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Dec 6, 2011
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Organic Pay Price, December 2011
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Dec 6, 2011
Updated: Tue, Dec 6, 2011
Food Farmer Resolutions Regarding The 2012 Farm Bill
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Dec 6, 2011
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Supplementation of Organic Dairy Cows; Getting Started
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Dec 5, 2011
Updated: Mon, Dec 5, 2011
USDA Supports Research and Marketing of Organic Agriculture in 18 States
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Dec 5, 2011
Updated: Mon, Dec 5, 2011
Organic Commodity Futures Trading Is a Step Backwards
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Dec 5, 2011
Updated: Mon, Dec 5, 2011
Recent Odairy Discussion, December, 2011
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Dec 5, 2011
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Feed Price Summary November 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Updated: Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Study Finds Declining Profitability of Vermont Organic Dairy Farms from 2006 - 2010
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
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
Eric and Molly Glasgow Grey Barn and Farm, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Organic farming on Martha’s Vineyard: You better believe it!
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Feed Price Summary October 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Oct 10, 2011
Updated: Mon, Oct 10, 2011
Recent Odairy Discussion, October, 2011
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Thu, Oct 6, 2011
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
The Latest eOrganic Dairy
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 6, 2011
Updated: Thu, Oct 6, 2011
SARE Comprehensive Grazing Course
Posted: to Organic Production 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
Natural Gas Exploration and its Impact on Organic Agriculture
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Organic community advocates or circular firing squad
Why we need them and who benefits?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Monitoring and Planning Your Forage Grazing System
Forage & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Francis and Susan Thicke Radiance Dairy, Fairfield, Iowa
Following Principles of Ecology from Land Management to Renewable Energy Systems
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Fri, Oct 19, 2018
Pay Price & Organic Milk Market in September 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Feed Price Summary September 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Sep 11, 2011
Updated: Sun, Sep 11, 2011
Feed Price Summary August 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Aug 4, 2011
Updated: Thu, Aug 4, 2011
Recent Odairy Discussion, August, 2011
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Thu, Aug 4, 2011
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Diversity: A Grazier’s Best Friend, Part II
Forage & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Aug 4, 2011
Updated: Thu, Aug 4, 2011
The Beneficial Impacts of TERROIR on your Food
Enhancing the flavor and quality of the food you produce by paying attention to the biology and diversity on your farm.
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Aug 4, 2011
Updated: Thu, Aug 4, 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
Trends In Organic Dairy for 2008-2009
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
A Personal Report on the GMO Summit Meeting in Boulder, CO
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Managing Horn, Face, And Stable Flies
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Clovercrest Farm, Charleston, ME
Many hands make light work: It’s a family affair!
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Feed Price Summary July 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Pay Price & Organic Milk Market in July 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Pasture Rule: Everything you asked for, and then some
Insights about the Pasture Rule from sessions at the recent NODPA Field Days
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Jun 17, 2011
Updated: Fri, Jun 17, 2011
Will you invest management time in your roots
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Pasture Rule DMI Record Keeping Forms from Perry Clutts
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Updated: Thu, Oct 18, 2018
Meeting the Pasture Rule Requirements
Record-keeping resources for the grazing season
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Can Forage Mixtures Improve Productivity of Grazing Dairy Cows?
Part 1
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Recent Odairy Discussion, June, 2011
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Pay Price & Organic Milk Market in May 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, May 16, 2011
Updated: Mon, May 16, 2011
Feed Price Summary May 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, May 16, 2011
Updated: Mon, May 16, 2011
NOSB Spring Meeting
A Storm In A Tea Cup
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, May 15, 2011
Updated: Sun, May 15, 2011
2011: NODPA Survey Results
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, May 15, 2011
Updated: Sun, May 15, 2011
How’s and the Why’s of the Pasture Rule
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, May 15, 2011
Updated: Sun, May 15, 2011
Pineville Farm, Randolph Center, VT
Organic Dairy Production On A Historic Hill Farm
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sun, May 15, 2011
Updated: Sun, May 15, 2011
Transitioning Organic Cows On Pasture
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Updated: Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Alternative udder health management research in progress at North Carolina State University
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Updated: Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Nutrient Availability & Soil Tests
What Do They Tell You?
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Updated: Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Recent Odairy Discussion, April, 2011
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Alfalfa and the GE battle continues
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Mar 18, 2011
Updated: Fri, Mar 18, 2011
Feed Price Summary March 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Mar 14, 2011
Updated: Mon, Mar 14, 2011
Pay Price & Organic Milk Market in March 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Mar 14, 2011
Updated: Mon, Mar 14, 2011
Thinking About Frost Seeding?
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Mar 9, 2011
Updated: Wed, Mar 9, 2011
Defend Farmer and Consumer Choice Regarding GE Alfalfa
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Feb 7, 2011
Updated: Mon, Feb 7, 2011
New Beginning Farmer Website Unveiled
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Feb 6, 2011
Updated: Sun, Feb 6, 2011
Farm Aid Awards Grant to FOOD Farmers
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Feb 6, 2011
Updated: Sun, Feb 6, 2011
Recent Odairy Discussion, February, 2011
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Feb 6, 2011
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Fly Control on Organic Dairies
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Feb 3, 2011
Updated: Thu, Feb 3, 2011
Subclinical Mastitis -- What You Can’t See CAN Hurt You
PRODUCTION ADVICE
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Feb 3, 2011
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Springtime Challenges for the Grass Farmer
Homeopathic Remedies
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Feb 3, 2011
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
GE Alfalfa -- What’s the rush?!!
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Jan 19, 2011
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Sizing Up Pastures
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jan 17, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jan 17, 2011
Pay Price & Organic Milk Market in January 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jan 17, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jan 17, 2011
Feed Price Summary January 2011
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jan 17, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jan 17, 2011
Let Them Eat Grass! NODPA’s Pasture Rule Resource Page
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sat, Jan 1, 2011
Updated: Mon, Oct 22, 2018
National Organic Coalition Position Statements
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sat, Jan 1, 2011
Updated: Sat, Jan 1, 2011
eOrganic Dairy Team Receives Funding to Offer Webinars, On-line Courses and More!
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Updated: Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Enterprise Budgets in Organic Dairy Production
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Updated: Thu, Dec 2, 2010
The Economic Costs of Transition
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Updated: Thu, Dec 2, 2010
OFRF To Compile Science On Organic Farming Benefits
Names Team to Lead Research Review
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Updated: Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Research Updates from the University of New Hampshire
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Updated: Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Recent Odairy Discussion, December, 2010
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Thu, Dec 2, 2010
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Fall National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Meeting Highlights
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010
University of Minnesota Research Center Takes On New Leadership And Research Initiatives
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Irish Research Finds Norwegian Red x Holsteins and Jersey X Holsteins Most Profitable Dairy Cows
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Francis Thicke Book Now Available
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010
OMRI Products List Exceeds 2000 Products
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Pleasantview Farm, Circleville, Ohio, Perry Clutts & Family
Grain to grass to organic dairy – a farm with a history and a future
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Grain Market Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010
NODPA Comments To NOSB
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Oct 25, 2010
Updated: Mon, Oct 25, 2010
Access to Pasture Resources from eOrganic’s Dairy Team
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Oct 1, 2010
Updated: Fri, Oct 1, 2010
Farmers Helping Farmers - Across the Waters
Tracing organic kelp back to an island farm harvester
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Oct 1, 2010
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Recent Odairy Discussion, October 2010
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Fri, Oct 1, 2010
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Grain Market Update, September 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Pay Price & Organic Milk Market in August 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 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
On-Farm Fuel Production on the Rise in New England
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010
New Director of Standards at National Organic Program
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Much Ado About Worms
internal livestock parasite control on an organic farm
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010
10 Steps to Calculate Dry Matter Intake from Pasture - It’s Not So Difficult!
Forage & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Maintaining Healthy, Productive Pastures
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Aug 11, 2010
Updated: Wed, Aug 11, 2010
Recent Odairy Discussion, August 2010
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Wed, Aug 11, 2010
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
’Cloned Beef’ On Store Shelves Causes Stir In Britain
Posted: to National News on Fri, Aug 6, 2010
Updated: Fri, Aug 6, 2010
French dairy giant snaps up Rachel’s from WhiteWave
Posted: to National News on Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Updated: Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Raising Calves on Organic Dairy Farms
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
What’s In Your Farm’s Energy Tool Room?
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Updated: Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Nebraska dairyman applies raw milk to pastures and watches the grass grow
Forage & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Updated: Sat, Jul 17, 2010
@010: eOrganic Plans Pasture Rule Webinars for Summer and archived webinars
Fall 2010
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Updated: Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Pay Price & Organic Milk Market in July 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Updated: Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Grain Market Update, July 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Updated: Sat, Jul 17, 2010
Organic dairy family turns to cheese making
Posted: to National News on Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Updated: Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Organic Valley’s CEO George Siemon on the Crooked Art of Leadership
Posted: to National News on Wed, Jul 7, 2010
Updated: Wed, Jul 7, 2010
Organic Valley lays down the law on raw milk
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 7, 2010
Updated: Mon, Jun 7, 2010
Recent Odairy Discussion, June 2010
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jun 7, 2010
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Educated Cows Eat Weeds
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jun 5, 2010
Updated: Sat, Jun 5, 2010
Properly Preparing the Fresh Cow
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jun 5, 2010
Updated: Sat, Jun 5, 2010
Books for Organic Dairy Farmers
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jun 5, 2010
Updated: Sat, Jun 5, 2010
Pasture Rule Training Highlights
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, May 17, 2010
Updated: Mon, May 17, 2010
Free Choice Smorgasbord Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation for Livestock
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, May 17, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
The Burroughs Family Farm, Denair, CA
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, May 17, 2010
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Grain Market Update, May 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, May 17, 2010
Updated: Mon, May 17, 2010
Pay Price & Organic Market in May 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, May 17, 2010
Updated: Mon, May 17, 2010
The USDA Dairy Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC) holds its first meeting
Political convenience or the possibility of real change?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, May 16, 2010
Updated: Sun, May 16, 2010
NODPA Comments To NOSB
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, Apr 27, 2010
Updated: Tue, Apr 27, 2010
Pasture Rule Training March 24, 2010
A highlight of questions asked, the responses, and further ruminations on the NODPA-Odairy discussion list
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Updated: Fri, Apr 2, 2010
NOSB ventures to the West
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Updated: Fri, Apr 2, 2010
NODPA Awarded Grant From OFRF
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Updated: Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Detailed Economic Analysis of Organic Dairies
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Updated: Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Grain Market Update, April 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Updated: Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Recent Odairy Discussion, April 2010
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Pay Price & Organic Market in March 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Updated: Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Grain Market Update, March 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Updated: Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Pasture Rule Training Highlights
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Twin Oaks Dairy, LLC, Truxton, NY
Truxton, NY
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
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
Re-Building Civilization’s Foundation
Posted: to Organic Production on Sun, Jan 31, 2010
Updated: Sun, Jan 31, 2010
Summary of Concerns Regarding A1 and A2 Milk and Dairy Breed Rankings
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Updated: Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Grain Market Update, January 2010
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Updated: Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Recent Odairy Discussion, January 2010
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Alfred State Picks Site for New Dairy
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Updated: Fri, Jan 1, 2010
NODPA’s Pasture Rule Online Resources for Dairy Producers
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
WEBINAR BY eORGANIC
A Look at the Newly Released Organic Pasture Rule
Posted: to Organic Production 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
Organic Dairy Study Results for the 2008 Production Year
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Updated: Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Improving Net Profit By Reducing Grain Inputs
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Updated: Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Scholten Family Farm, Weybridge, Vermont
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, Dec 3, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Grain Market Update, December 2009
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Dec 3, 2009
Updated: Thu, Dec 3, 2009
USDA Recommended Decision
Large Producer-Handlers Should Become Subject to Federal Order Pricing and Pooling Provisions
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009
At the UDSA, What Does Change Mean?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Sustainable Farmer Educators
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Udder Health and Milk Quality on Organic Dairy Farms
Vets gather, learn and share information
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009
UNH Welcomes Dr. André F. Brito
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Head Blight Alert!
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Interview with Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the National Organic Program
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Grain Market Update, November 2009
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Nov 11, 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
A Summary of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Meeting, November 3-5 2009
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Updated: Thu, Oct 18, 2018
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
Johnes Disease
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Updated: Tue, Nov 10, 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
Recent Odairy Discussion, November, 2009
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Grain Market Update, October 2009
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Organic Milk Pay Price & Sales Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Oct 1, 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
Diet Selection & Grazing Behavior
Production Resources | Forages & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Maedke Family Dairy, Coleman, Wisconsin
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Sep 14, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Recent Odairy Discussion, September 2009
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, Sep 14, 2009
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
There Is No Right Way To Become A Farmer
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Updated: Sun, Sep 13, 2009
More mums give their kids organic milk as survey confirms reduced risk of asthma and eczema
Posted: to National News on Mon, Sep 7, 2009
Updated: Mon, Sep 7, 2009
Organic dairies struggling, too
Posted: to National News on Mon, Aug 3, 2009
Updated: Mon, Aug 3, 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
Climate Policy for Agriculture that Works
Ensuring that America’s Organic Farmers are Part of the Solution
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
The Misguided Science Behind rBGH And Climate Change
Posted: to Policy in the 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
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
Recent Odairy Discussion, August 2009
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Organic Milk Pay Price, August 2009
Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Grain Market Update, August 2009
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009
North Coast dairy cows sold to slaughter as milk prices fall
Posted: to National News on Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Updated: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Survival getting tough for some organic dairy farmers
Posted: to National News on Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Updated: Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Hails Family Farm, Lopez, PA
Processing, Local Sales ... & Wholesale
Posted: to Featured Farms on Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Counting the Costs That Count on Your Farm
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Updated: Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Lameness in Organic Dairy Cattle
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Updated: Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Plant Biodiversity
Livestock Farmacy and Pantry
Posted: to Organic Production on Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Updated: Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Grain Market Update, July 2009
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 2018
Organic Pay Price & Support Control
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Updated: Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Organic Milk Pay Price Update
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Updated: Wed, Jul 1, 2009
Profitability of Organic Dairy, 2007
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Milk Quota’s
What should we look for?
Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Report from the May 2009 NOSB Meeting
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Organic Dairy Research and Outreach at WCROC
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Update on Dairy Management Research at Cal State Chico
Posted: to Organic Production 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
Organic Initiative Sign-Up Extended in Some States
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Business Issues
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2009
The Passing Wind
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Sat, May 30, 2009
Updated: Sat, May 30, 2009
Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad
Posted: to National News on Thu, May 28, 2009
Updated: Thu, May 28, 2009
Organic Dairy Manure May Offer High Quality Fertilizer Option
Posted: to National News on Thu, May 7, 2009
Updated: Thu, May 7, 2009
Hall & Breen, LLC, Orwell, VT
A lifestyle, a livelihood, and a father/daughter partnership with a future
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, May 7, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Puzzled By PI Spikes?
Production Resources | Animal Health
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, May 7, 2009
Updated: Thu, May 7, 2009
What’s the Value of High Quality Forage?
Production Resources | Forage
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, May 7, 2009
Updated: Thu, May 7, 2009
Producers Working as Partners
COMMENTARY
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, May 7, 2009
Updated: Thu, May 7, 2009
Recent Odairy Discussion, May 2009
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Thu, May 7, 2009
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Conditions good this spring, but milk price remains low
Posted: to National News on Wed, May 6, 2009
Updated: Wed, May 6, 2009
ORGANIC OASIS
Posted: to National News on Tue, May 5, 2009
Updated: Tue, May 5, 2009
DC Update, April 1, 2009
Access to pasture update, status of new appointees, and the generally positive outlook for organic in Washington.
Posted: to Policy in the News on Wed, Apr 1, 2009
Updated: Wed, Apr 1, 2009
Managing Cereal Grains for Forage
Production Resources | Forages & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Updated: Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Nutritional Wisdom of the Body
Behavior-Based Management for Animal Well-Being
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Updated: Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Grain Market Update, March 2009
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Updated: Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Smaller dairies fight rule change on milk
Posted: to National News on Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Updated: Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Germany’s Myster Cow Disease
Posted: to National News on Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Updated: Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Dairy in Crisis - Part 3
Posted: to National News on Thu, Mar 26, 2009
Updated: Thu, Mar 26, 2009
Broken Trust Shakes Web From Farmer to Cow
Posted: to National News on Mon, Mar 23, 2009
Updated: Mon, Mar 23, 2009
Methane Production in Grassfed Livestock
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Mar 13, 2009
Updated: Fri, Mar 13, 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
Grain Market Update, March 2009
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Mon, Mar 9, 2009
Updated: Mon, Mar 9, 2009
Organic pay price declines
Processors panic over spring flush of milk and declining growth in sales
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Mar 6, 2009
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 2009
Recent Odairy Discussion, March 2009
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Fri, Mar 6, 2009
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Petitions Sent to USDA Requesting End of Producer-Handler Exemption
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 6, 2009
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 2009
John Kinsman’s Organic Dairy, South Central WI
Posted: to Featured Farms on Fri, Mar 6, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Get Step-by-Step Organic Farm Plan Help in New Workbook
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jan 31, 2009
Updated: Sat, Jan 31, 2009
Homeopathy: The Mechanics and Its Application for the Dairy Farm
Part 1 and 2
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jan 31, 2009
Updated: Sat, Jan 31, 2009
MILK FEVER
“It’s all about internal mineral balance!”
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jan 24, 2009
Updated: Sat, Jan 24, 2009
Raising Calves The Old, Modern Way
Learning from the “old” as we go into the future
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Jan 24, 2009
Updated: Sat, Jan 24, 2009
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, 2009
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Jan 10, 2009
Updated: Sat, Jan 10, 2009
Raindance Farm, Central, NY
High Forage, Low Grain Diet Keeps 87-Cow Operation Running Smoothly
Posted: to Featured Farms on Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Access to Pasture Rule: Win, Lose or Draw for Producers?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Updated: Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Commentary from around the country on the pasture rule
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Updated: Fri, Jan 9, 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
Dehorning Dairy Cattle With Genetics?
Looking at the economic advantages with polled dairy cattle??
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Updated: Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Recent Odairy Discussion, January 2009
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Organic dairy farmers win Good Farm Neighbor Award
Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Crop Rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2009
National Organic Coalition
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Update on Pasture Rule and Administration Changes
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Dec 8, 2008
Updated: Mon, Dec 8, 2008
The Pasture Rule Is Out
The new proposed rule is attached, below. Check it out and give us your feedback.
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Nov 30, 2008
Updated: Sun, Nov 30, 2008
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, November 30, 2008
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Nov 30, 2008
Updated: Sun, Nov 30, 2008
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, November 8, 2008
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Nov 8, 2008
Updated: Sat, Nov 8, 2008
Proposed Pasture Rule
Thoughtful Steps to the Final Pasture Rule
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Nov 7, 2008
Updated: Fri, Nov 7, 2008
Amos Nolt, Shiloh, Ohio
For Organic Dairy, No Grain, No Problem
Posted: to Featured Farms on Sat, Nov 1, 2008
Updated: Sat, Nov 1, 2008
Make Your own Herbal Tinctures!
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Nov 1, 2008
Updated: Sat, Nov 1, 2008
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
Dairy industry braces for a tough winter
Posted: to National News on Fri, Oct 3, 2008
Updated: Fri, Oct 3, 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
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, September 14, 2008
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Sep 14, 2008
Updated: Sun, Sep 14, 2008
Foxboro dairy farm sells its milk raw
Posted: to National News on Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Updated: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Organic has lower carbon imprint: BFA
Posted: to National News on Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Updated: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Organic supply squeeze tightens
Posted: to National News on Tue, Sep 9, 2008
Updated: Tue, Sep 9, 2008
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, September 5, 2008
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Sep 5, 2008
Updated: Fri, Sep 5, 2008
Recent Odairy Discussion, September 2008
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Fri, Sep 5, 2008
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Forgues Family Farm, Alburgh, Vermont
Early Leaders in Organic
Posted: to Featured Farms on Mon, Sep 1, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Getting Paid for How You Farm
Posted: to National News on Fri, Aug 15, 2008
Updated: Fri, Aug 15, 2008
(Almost) Year Round Grazing in the Northeast
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Aug 9, 2008
Updated: Sat, Aug 9, 2008
With a focus on flavor, organic dairy finds a productive niche
Posted: to National News on Wed, Aug 6, 2008
Updated: Wed, Aug 6, 2008
Recent Odairy Discussion, August 2008
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sun, Aug 3, 2008
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, August 1, 2008
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Aug 1, 2008
Updated: Fri, Aug 1, 2008
Strategies for extending the grazing season
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Aug 1, 2008
Updated: Fri, Aug 1, 2008
Molasses Makes Milk and Money! An Alternative to High-priced Grain
Forage & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jul 29, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jul 29, 2008
Vaccination of Organic Livestock
Goals and strategies for a first rate vaccination program
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jul 21, 2008
Updated: Mon, Jul 21, 2008
Organic Growth at Safeway
Posted: to National News on Sun, Jul 13, 2008
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 2008
Price & Availability of Corn & Forage
How should producers prepare for this fall?
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sat, Jul 5, 2008
Updated: Sat, Jul 5, 2008
Recent Odairy Discussion, July 2008
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Sat, Jul 5, 2008
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, July 1, 2008
Plus reflections on what organic producers can do following the Midwest floods
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jul 1, 2008
More Organic Milk Sought in Northeast
Farms should be sure to have a market secured before beginning the 12 month herd transition.
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Going With the Grain
Posted: to National News on Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Desperation Acres, Western WI
A Haven of Sustainability
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Catching an amber wave
Posted: to National News on Sun, Jun 22, 2008
Updated: Sun, Jun 22, 2008
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, June 20, 2008
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Jun 20, 2008
Updated: Fri, Jun 20, 2008
Speech at Fonterra Organics Conference in New Zealand provides overview of organic sector
Posted: to National News on Wed, Jun 18, 2008
Updated: Wed, Jun 18, 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
Coalition of Organic Groups Presses for Immediate Publication of Pasture Access and Livestock Origin Rules
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, Jun 16, 2008
Updated: Mon, Jun 16, 2008
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices as of June 13
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Jun 13, 2008
Updated: Fri, Jun 13, 2008
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
DC Update, June 6, 2008
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Jun 6, 2008
Updated: Fri, Jun 6, 2008
East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices, June 6, 2008
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Fri, Jun 6, 2008
Updated: Fri, Jun 6, 2008
UNH receives $380000 grant to study organic dairy as closed ecosystem
Posted: to National News on Tue, Jun 3, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jun 3, 2008
DC Update, June 1, 2008
Farm Bill update
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Jun 1, 2008
Updated: Sun, Jun 1, 2008
Organic Dairy National Organic Program Update
A summary of what transpired at the recent NOSB meeting in Baltimore.
Posted: to Policy in the News on Sun, Jun 1, 2008
Updated: Sun, Jun 1, 2008
NZ: Fonterra farmers set for income boost
Posted: to National News on Fri, May 30, 2008
Updated: Fri, May 30, 2008
German dairy farmers dump milk in protest
Posted: to National News on Thu, May 29, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 29, 2008
DC Update, May 23, 2008
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, May 23, 2008
Updated: Fri, May 23, 2008
East & Midwest Grain Prices, May 21 2008
Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 21, 2008
Updated: Wed, May 21, 2008
Comments to the NOP
A letter from NODPA to the NOP addresses publication of the access to pasture rule and the publication of an origin of livestock rule
Posted: to Policy in the News on Tue, May 20, 2008
Updated: Tue, May 20, 2008
Realistic Expectations: What Are They?
NEWS & OPINION
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 16, 2008
Updated: Fri, May 16, 2008
DC Update, May 15, 2008
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, May 15, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 15, 2008
Maximizing Milk On Homegrown Forages And Grains
Production Resources | Forages & Grains
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, May 15, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 15, 2008
Reading the NOP Leaves
Posted: to Policy in the News on Mon, May 12, 2008
Updated: Mon, May 12, 2008
Recent Odairy Discussion, May 2008
Posted: to Recent O-Dairy Discussion on Mon, May 12, 2008
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019
DC Update, May 9, 2008
Is the Farm Bill Battle Over?
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, May 9, 2008
Updated: Fri, May 9, 2008
’Saudi Arabia of Milk’ Hits Production Limits
Posted: to National News on Thu, May 8, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 8, 2008
East & Midwest Grain Prices as of May 7
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Wed, May 7, 2008
Updated: Wed, May 7, 2008
Skyrocketing Costs Put Full-time Farming On Hold
Posted: to Featured Farms on Thu, May 1, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 1, 2008
Ecological Control of Pasture Flies
Posted: to Organic Production on Thu, May 1, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 1, 2008
DC Update, May 1, 2008
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, May 1, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 1, 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
Volatility in dairy business will begin to affect organic milk prices
Posted: to National News on Sun, Apr 27, 2008
Updated: Sun, Apr 27, 2008
Bill would help organic farmers
Posted: to National News on Fri, Apr 11, 2008
Updated: Fri, Apr 11, 2008
Bill would help organic farmers
Posted: to National News on Fri, Apr 11, 2008
Updated: Fri, Apr 11, 2008
The Food Chain: As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation
Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Updated: Wed, Apr 9, 2008
What Grocers Teach Us About The US Economy
Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Updated: Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Resistance to Ohio milk labeling restrictions grows
Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Updated: Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Some Good News on Food Prices
Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 2, 2008
Updated: Wed, Apr 2, 2008
Brookford Farm, Rollinsford, NH
Posted: to Featured Farms on Tue, Apr 1, 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
Profitability for Organic Dairy Farms for 2006
Posted: to Economics of Organic Dairy Production on Fri, Mar 28, 2008
Updated: Fri, Mar 28, 2008
Organic Check-off
Posted: to Policy in the News on Fri, Mar 28, 2008
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Milking it
Posted: to National News on Thu, Mar 20, 2008
Updated: Thu, Mar 20, 2008
When Big Business Eats Organic
Posted: to National News on Wed, Mar 19, 2008
Updated: Wed, Mar 19, 2008
The Use of Rotational Grazing And Two Herbal Treatments To Control Parasitism In Sheep And Goats
RESEARCH & EDUCTION
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Mar 14, 2008
Updated: Fri, Mar 14, 2008
How Now Organic Cow
What Is the Whole Story
Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 14, 2008
Updated: Fri, Mar 14, 2008
The Feed: Fighting on a Battlefield the Size of a Milk Label
Posted: to National News on Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Updated: Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Diversifying Forages at the Stoltzfus Farm, Whitesville, NY: A Follow-Up
ORGANIC PRODUCTION: FORAGES
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Mar 8, 2008
Updated: Sat, Mar 8, 2008
Kimball Brook Farm, North Ferrisburg, VT
One of Vermont’s Largest Organic Dairies
Posted: to Featured Farms on Fri, Mar 7, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019
Aurora Organic Milk Class-Action Suits to Be Heard in St. Louis
Posted: to National News on Tue, Feb 26, 2008
Updated: Tue, Feb 26, 2008
Speaker at organic farming conference derides corporate agriculture
Posted: to National News on Sun, Feb 24, 2008
Updated: Sun, Feb 24, 2008
Organic producers struggle to keep pace with rising demand
Posted: to National News on Fri, Feb 22, 2008
Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2008
The dairies are half-pint
Posted: to National News on Wed, Feb 20, 2008
Updated: Wed, Feb 20, 2008
NODPA Signs On To Two Letters to the House And Senate Regarding Organic Provisions In The Farm Bill:
Posted: to Policy in the News on Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Updated: Wed, Oct 24, 2018
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
Cost crises compounds organic milk lull
Posted: to National News on Tue, Jan 22, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jan 22, 2008
Other Resources
Posted: to Organic Production on Tue, Jan 1, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jan 1, 2008
The Way We Live Now Our Decrepit Food Factories
Posted: to National News on Sun, Dec 16, 2007
Updated: Sun, Dec 16, 2007
If It’s Fresh and Local, Is It Always Greener?
Posted: to National News on Sun, Dec 9, 2007
Updated: Sun, Dec 9, 2007
Making the Leap to Organic Dairy Production
Posted: to Organic Production on Sat, Dec 1, 2007
Updated: Sat, Dec 1, 2007
PA dairy label rule shelved
Posted: to National News on Wed, Nov 28, 2007
Updated: Wed, Nov 28, 2007
Price And Credibility Barriers To Buying Organic
Posted: to National News on Wed, Nov 21, 2007
Updated: Wed, Nov 21, 2007
Consumers Won’t Know What They’re Missing
Posted: to National News on Sun, Nov 11, 2007
Updated: Sun, Nov 11, 2007
Organic milk may help babies beat allergies
Posted: to National News on Sun, Nov 11, 2007
Updated: Sun, Nov 11, 2007
America so badly needs
Posted: to National News on Sun, Nov 4, 2007
Updated: Sun, Nov 4, 2007
Down on The Farm, Agricultural policy is not sexy.
Posted: to National News on Fri, Nov 2, 2007
Updated: Fri, Nov 2, 2007
State’s tough new raw milk standards for upset consumers, farmers.
Posted: to National News on Fri, Oct 26, 2007
Updated: Fri, Oct 26, 2007
Five Easy Ways to Go Organic
Posted: to National News on Mon, Oct 22, 2007
Updated: Mon, Oct 22, 2007
Aurora faces lawsuits for organic violations
Posted: to National News on Wed, Oct 17, 2007
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 2007
Organic farming comes to China
Posted: to National News on Tue, Oct 2, 2007
Updated: Tue, Oct 2, 2007
An organic milk war turns sour Now that his dairy company has settled charges that it violated organic food standards, Aurora president Mark Retzloff wants to muzzle foes.
Posted: to National News on Tue, Oct 2, 2007
Updated: Tue, Oct 2, 2007
Can a dairy be big and organic?
Posted: to National News on Sat, Sep 29, 2007
Updated: Sat, Sep 29, 2007
USDA May Relax Standards for Organic Foods
Posted: to National News on Sat, Jun 9, 2007
Updated: Sat, Jun 9, 2007
Organic Valley: GMO Alfalfa Will Devastate Organic Dairy Industry
Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 18, 2007
Updated: Wed, Apr 18, 2007
In corn belt, ethanol boom a bust for ranchers.
The alternative energy source has turned around dying towns, but the high price of corn makes it hard to raise livestock
Posted: to National News on Wed, Mar 28, 2007
Updated: Wed, Mar 28, 2007
Small dairy farmers face challenges in CA
Posted: to National News on Wed, Mar 28, 2007
Updated: Wed, Mar 28, 2007
When Organic Isn’t Really Organic
Posted: to National News on Wed, Mar 14, 2007
Updated: Wed, Mar 14, 2007
U.S. Agency Violated Law in Seed Case, Judge Rules
Posted: to National News on Wed, Feb 14, 2007
Updated: Wed, Feb 14, 2007
Choosing Grassfed
By Jo Robinson
Posted: to Organic Production on Fri, Nov 1, 2002
Updated: Fri, Nov 1, 2002
Butterfat & Pasture
By Bill Casey
Posted: to Organic Production on Mon, Jul 1, 2002
Updated: Mon, Jul 1, 2002