Beschreibung:
There is no simple recipe for setting up and managing a successful organic dairy farm, but this handbook can act as an introduction to important issues in organic dairy production and provide today's organic or transitioning dairy farmer with an overview of the tools and ideas available.
1. Organic certification: why, how, and what?2. Soil: the foundation of health3. Plants: crop production and grazing management4. Livestock5. Marketing6. Record keeping7. Economics of organic dairy production and the transition to organic8. Nutritional qualities of grass-fed milk