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Complete Organic Content
Kelsey O'Shea, Agriculture Business Development
Kelsey O'Shea, Agriculture Business Development
Kelsey O'Shea, Agriculture Business Development
Kelsey O'Shea, Agriculture Business Development
Ron Kuck, Livestock Specialist
Bill Verbeten, Field Crops

Thinking about transitioning some acres to organic production? Already an organic crop farmer and need to review some information? Check out the USDA Guide for Organic Crop Producers in the PDF below.
General Information from the USDA on Organic
Kelsey O'Shea, Agriculture Business Development
North Country Regional Ag Team
Last Modified: May 31, 2016
List of Organic Certifiers by State
Kelsey O'Shea, Agriculture Business Development
North Country Regional Ag Team
Last Modified: May 31, 2016
Northeast Organic Farming Association
Kelsey O'Shea, Agriculture Business Development
North Country Regional Ag Team
Last Modified: May 31, 2016
NY Ag and Markets
Kelsey O'Shea, Agriculture Business Development
North Country Regional Ag Team
Last Modified: May 31, 2016
Cornell NY Organic Dairy Program's resource page
Last Modified: April 21, 2016
IPM for Organic Dairies
Ron Kuck, Livestock Specialist
North Country Regional Ag Team
Last Modified: April 20, 2016
USDA Guide for Organic Crop Producers
Bill Verbeten, Field Crops
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
Last Modified: February 12, 2015

Thinking about transitioning some acres to organic production? Already an organic crop farmer and need to review some information? Check out the USDA Guide for Organic Crop Producers in the PDF below.
Upcoming Events
Practical Soil Health Series, Part 2 of 4 - Compaction Management
February 16, 2021
Part 2 of 4 in the 2021 Practical Soil Health weekly series.
Announcements
Farm Financial Management Tuesdays Online Farm Business Education
CCE ag business educators are offering short, farm financial educationprograms this winter. All programs are 12:30pm to 1:30pm. Each program is
only $5 and includes a link to the recorded webinar if you cannot join
the program live. This series is supported by ag business management
specialists from the following Cornell Cooperative Extension and Cornell
University programs: the Capital Area Agriculture and Horticulture Program,
the Central New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Team, the Eastern NY
Commercial Horticulture Program, and NY FarmNet.
Managing Forages through Drought Webinars
Part 1: Managing Pastures in Drought may be viewed here: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/1_19bj2cucPart 2: Stored Forages: Winter Feed Supply Beyond the Drought may be viewed here: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/1_ql576klx
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly across the world.
Although cities have the most sick people, the disease has reached rural communities of New York as well. Everyone needs to take this very seriously. Agriculture is an essential business, so many of us will continue to go to work. However, we all need to take precautions to stay safe and help prevent further spread of the disease. The key things to do are limit contact with other people and keep everything very clean. We've prepared a new resource to help Spanish- and English-speaking farm employees access credible, multi-lingual information that they can use right away. Here are this links to a printable resource for farms to use:English COVID 19 Procedures
Spanish COVID 19 Procedures
To see a full list of other relevant resources, click here.
How to Manage COVID-19 Risk on Dairy Farms
Straightforward helpful steps to manage risk on dairy farms! We are happy to help talk farms through these steps and develop risk management plans for protecting owners and team members. Reach out to Kelsey O'Shea via email kio3@cornell.edu for more information.