Dairy & Livestock Resources
Information, Services and Support for Vermont's Organic Dairy & Livestock Community
Articles & Fact Sheets
- General Resources for organic farms in VT
- Forage Production and Grazing Management
> Pasture Rule Resources - Research and Outreach Opportunities
- Preventative Health Care and Treatments
- Economics of Organic Dairy
- Marketing
- Understanding Organics Conference
Links to other helpful Websites
Resources For Organic farms in Vermont
- Organic transition guidelines for VOF certified farms
- Listing of organic seeds for sale in and near Vermont
- Allowed, Restricted, and Prohibited Materials for Use on Organic Farms, by Dr. Brian Baker, OMRI
- Preparing for the VOF Organic Inspector
- Filling out your Organic Farm Application
- Filling out your VOF animal inventory form
- The cost of transition: do you know if you have enough money to make it to your first organic milk check?
- New loan program available for Vermont Farmers Transitioning to Organic
- The economics of transition: NOFA Vermont offers Cash Flow Analysis to farmers considering transitioning to organic
- Plan for Success with NOFA Vermont's Farm business planning program
- NOFA-VT Starts Dairy Farm Energy Pilot Project
- Outdoor Access Requirement
Forage production and grazing management
- Pasture Management - Spring Grazing and Planning Ahead for Summer Grazing
- Pasture Management, by Sarah Flack
- Grazing Technical Notes, by Sarah Flack
- Pasture Worksheet
- Mycotoxin management, by Dave Rogers
- Listing of organic seeds for sale in and near Vermont
- Need Organic Hay?, by Cheryl Bruce
- Measuring 30% Dry Matter From Pasture, by Lisa McCrory
- Troubleshooting Milk Flavor Problems, by Virginia Ishler and Bob Roberts, Pennsylvania State University
To request the most recent directory of organic forages for sale in Vermont, please call the office at 434-4122.
- VOF Application (livestock supplement) with new pasture edits
- Where Are My Cows Grazing Records
- Where Are My Cows Example
- Improving Pasture Productivity, by Sarah Flack
- NOP Pasture Rule Info
Research and Outreach Opportunities
- Can You Clone an Organic Cow, by Jim Riddle, University of Minnesota
- Trial Design of Complementary Therapies, by Ynte Schukken and Linda Tikofsky, Cornell University
Preventive health care and treatments
- Preventing and Treating Pneumonia, by Dr Karreman
- Book review: Herbal Antibiotics, by Stephen Buhner
- Medicinal Herb Recipes: Making Your Own Salves, Teas and Tinctures, by Sarah Flack
- Sustainable Management of Internal Parasites in Ruminants, by Dr. Anne Wells, DVM
- Homeopathy in Organic Dairy Practice, by Trevor Adams
- Homeopathy in the UK and its "Homeopathy at Wellie Level" Program, by Trevor Adams
Economics of Organic Dairy Production
- An Economic Comparison of Organic and Conventional Dairy Production by Lisa McCrory, NOFA-VT
- Economics of Organic Dairy Production in the Northeast by Lisa McCrory, Bob Parsons and Rick Kersbergen
- Costs and Returns to Organic Dairy Farming in Maine and Vermont for 2004
- Economic Viability of Grazing Dairy Farms
Marketing
Understanding Organics Conference
2007 Understanding Organics Conference
2008 Understanding Organics Conference
2009 Udder Health & Milk Quality On Organic Farms Conference
Links to Other Helpful Web Sites
- Vermont Organic Farmers Certification (VOF)
- The Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA)
- The Website of Dr H.J. Karreman: Author of Treating Dairy Cows Naturally: Thoughts and Strategies
- VT Farm Viability Enhancement Program (business planning grants)
- Link to VT Dairy Funding Resources from VAA web site
- Vermont Pasture Network (information on pasture management)
- ATTRA (free fact sheets on many organic production topics)
- Small Farm Processing Guide, from Cornell University Extension
Funding sources for the NOFA Vermont Dairy and Livestock Technical Assistance Program include:
- The Vermont Agency of Agriculture
- The University of Vermont
- The USDA Risk Management Agency
- The John Merck Fund
- The Freeman Foundation
- The USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE)
- Vermont Farm Viability Enhancement Program
Contact us:
NOFA VT, PO Box 697
Richmond, Vermont 05477
Phone: 802-434-4122