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NY Organic Dairy Initative

Enhancing the Viability of Organic Dairy and Other Value-Added Opportunities for NY Dairy Farms

NEW RESOURCE - Posted 5.9.08
Organic Crops Transition Spreadsheet

Enter your farm crops data into this spreadsheet and learn what profits to expect the first year of transition to organic.

Read Minutes from the Organic Dairy Task Force Meetings: March 12th, 2008November 7, 2007 Minutes - July 24th, 2007 Minutes

ANNOUNCING ORGANIC DAIRY/CROP SUMMER FIELD DAYS

Our goal is to provide technical support and farm business planning needed to add value to milk through organic certification.

We will work with farmers to determine the type of record keeping system that best fits their farm and required certification records. If you are interested in individual consultations by project staff to help transition to organic milk production or interested in learning about possible workshops and strategies to increase whole farm production efficiency and herd health in an organic system, we may be able to help.

To Apply for Organic Dairy Assistance you should:

For further information on transitioning to organic dairy farming and other value-added opportunities for NY dairy farms, please contact:

Fay Benson, Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cortland County, (607) 753-5213, afb3@cornell.edu

Map pin-pointing 225 of the 270 NY Organic Dairies. Green dots indicate Empire Sale Barns. Map produced in collaboration with Dairy One.