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- Converting The Farm
- For a field which had previously been in continuous cropping, what crop should be the first crop in the conversion period?
- How should land be managed during the conversion period?
- Is it essential to convert the whole farm to organic production?
- Is it possible to obtain a reduction in the conversion period?
- Is it possible to sell produce as organic during the conversion period ?
- What are the main elements of the Conversion Plan?
- What Government support is available as maintenance payments for organic farmers?
- What Government support is available for converting to organic?
- What is classed as an ‘in-conversion’ product?
- What is the minimum time between the last application of a prohibited substance and the first organic crop?
- What procedures do I need to follow if I want to convert to organic?
- Would it be possible to convert only one or two fields on a farm?
- Crop Protection
- Are seed dressings allowed?
- Are there any products approved for pest and disease control?
- Are there any products approved for weed control?
- Can organic and non-organic crop products be stored together?
- Is it necessary to use organically-grown seed?
- Is propcorn storage of grain permitted?
- What materials are permitted for use as silage additives?
- Crop Rotations & Soil Management
- Is continuous arable crop production permitted?
- What are regarded as appropriate cultivations?
- What are the four main requirements in the design of organic crop rotations?
- What do the standards list as specific soil management objectives?
- Which types of farming systems fit the organic rotation guidelines best?
- Manures & Supplementary Crop Nutrients
- Is human sewage sludge permitted under the organic standards?
- On what basis do the standards permit the importation of manures from non-organic sources?
- What are the required composting or stockpiling periods for non-organic manures?
- What is the maximum application rate for manures?
- What level of approval is given for nutrient inputs such as ground limestone and rock phosphate?
- What level of approval is given for nutrient inputs such as muriate of potash, superphosphates and Fibrophos?
- What level of approval is given for nutrient inputs such as sulphate of potash, sulphur, trace elements?
- Which non-organic poultry and pig manures are allowed to be brought in?
- Which non-organic poultry and pig manures are not allowed to be brought in under any circumstances?
- Why is composting desirable, particularly for brought-in manures?
- Organic Livestock
- Diets
- What can I feed to my organic cattle and sheep?
- What do the standards say with regard to the source of non-organic compounded or blended feeds?
- What do the standards specify about artificial mineral and vitamin supplementation?
- What do the standards specify about these ingredients?
- What is the maximum proportion of concentrates that can be fed in organic ruminant diets?
- What is the maximum proportion of conventional feedstuffs permitted, by derogation, in organic livestock diets?
- What is the maximum proportion of in-conversion feed in livestock diets?
- What is the minimum proportion of home produced feed in ruminant diets?
- Health
- Are antibiotics permitted for the control of mastitis?
- Can milk from dairy cows, which have been treated with antibiotics, be fed to calves?
- Do the standards declare a preference between different types of anthelmintic?
- Is routine use of anthelmintic for control of internal parasitic worms permitted?
- Is the use of conventional veterinary medicines allowed?
- Is the use of hormones permitted?
- Is the use of vaccines permitted?
- What do the standards recommend for the control of intestinal parasitic worms?
- What do the standards recommend in relation to the control of ...?
- What do the standards specify should be the basis of disease prevention in organic livestock production?
- What do the standards specify with regard to withdrawal periods for conventional veterinary medicines?
- What do the standards specify with the regard to the use of complementary therapies?
- What is the central principle of the organic health and veterinary standards?
- What is the limit on the frequency of use of veterinary medicinal products on one animal?
- What is the role of the veterinary practitioner in the conversion planning process?
- What records must be kept when veterinary medicinal products have been used?
- Housing
- Are slatted floors permitted for organic livestock?
- Are zero grazing systems allowed under organic standards?
- Is cubicle housing permitted for organic livestock?
- Is indoor housing of finishing pigs permitted?
- Is it permitted to use non-organic bedding?
- Is permanent indoor housing of sows permitted?
- Is the use of farrowing crates permitted?
- What is the minimum lying area for housed organic livestock?
- What is the recommended housing system for organic livestock?
- Origin, Conversion, Breeding And Rearing
- Are these practices permitted?
- Is it permitted to buy in animals from conventional farms for breeding and milking purposes?
- Is it permitted to buy in animals from conventional farms for organic meat production?
- Is it permitted to use artificial insemination and embryo transfer?
- What are the conversion periods for bringing in conventional breeding and dairy animals to organic systems?
- When should existing breeding stock on the farm be converted, relative to the conversion period of the land?
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