Type: Topic Briefs
Fair Contracts: Proactive Steps to Prevent Shipping Disputes
Residue Testing For Import Organic Compliance Verification
This article describes an idea proposed by farmer, Amy Bruch, as a potential solution to help address import fraud issues impacting grain farmers in the Plains region.
Enforcement on Imports, Compost Regulations, and Sunset Materials
This resource helps organic, transitioning, and organic curious farmers understand the NOSB process, current farmer topics of note, and how to weigh in with comments.
How Can Herbicides Be Used in Organic Farming Systems?
Preventing Fraud in the Supply Chain
Crop Planning
Seasoned farmer Abeni Ramsey, of City Girl Farm, discusses how to assess climate, site conditions (including topography & soil types & drainage), calculating bed length, and yield per sq foot; and seasonality – understanding what you can plant when.
4 Common Mistakes by First Time Organic Growers
The article covers a few common mistakes that the NOFA/Mass Organic Certification Technical Assistance Provider often sees on first-time applications for organic certification.
Dry Matter Intake and Feed Audits
This resource was created to share information about the dry matter intake and NOP compliance.