This is a list of loans, grants and USDA Cost-Share programs that may be useful to beginning farmers and farmers transitioning to organic.
Type: Manuals/Guides
Certification Options
A table of organic certification organizations and alternative certifications with standards, logos, costs and website links.
Soil Balancing Basics for Organic Farming
The Economics of Transitioning to Certified Organic Farming
10 Steps to Guide Farmers Towards Organic Certification
Working Together To Make Crop Insurance Work For Everyone
Organic Apple Production in Iowa
New and experienced organic apple growers will find recommendations in this guide for managing insect pests, diseases, and weeds.
Organic Budget Workbook
Evaluating Organic Transitions at the Field Level
This publication provides information on making plans to transition to organic crop production. It helps outline the need for a transition crop plan, the importance of individual crop budgets, and evaluating results.
Making the Transition from Conventional to Organic
Farming organically allows producers to incur many economic and social advantages compared to farming conventionally. Understanding and planning the economic returns of the transition process can aid the producer in planning and in becoming organically certified.