1. Does being certified organic allow for unique marketing options? Updated: December 15, 2011
2. What materials can be used for sterilizing pruning shears and other equipment under the organic standards? Updated: June 15, 2010
3. I’ve heard that non-organic milk replacer, fed to calves, often contains cattle and hog blood. Is this allowed in organic production? Updated: March 04, 2009
4. Should I add molasses to the soil? Updated: March 02, 2009
5. I’m an organic dairy farmer. What can I use for fly control in the barn and in the milk house? Updated: January 17, 2009
6. I have a small dairy herd, milking about 30 cows. It is a pasture system and I don’t raise any row crops. Do I have to get my pastures certified in order to sell organic milk? Updated: October 29, 2008
7. Am I allowed to vaccinate livestock against diseases and still qualify as certified organic? Updated: October 29, 2008
8. I'm a certified organic livestock farmer and wonder about animal bedding. I have heard that using pressure treated lumber and buying non-certified organic wood chips or sawdust for bedding could disqualify you. Is this true? Updated: October 29, 2008
9. Is the feed that is fed to organic livestock and poultry "vegetarian" feed? Updated: October 29, 2008
10. With Avian Influenza becoming an increasingly serious issue in the poultry industry, what can organic poultry producers and their certifying agents do to help recognize and prevent the spread of this disease? Updated: October 29, 2008
11. Can I use homeopathic treatments to treat my organic livestock? Updated: October 29, 2008
12. Can I sell an organic dairy animal as slaughter stock? Updated: October 29, 2008
13. Is there a source for organic pullets? Updated: October 29, 2008
14. Where can I find information about housing for swine and poultry that meets organic rules and regulations? Updated: October 29, 2008
15. Can wool be certified organic? Updated: October 29, 2008
16. Does a feed mill producing organic feed need to be certified? Updated: October 29, 2008
17. My slaughter house is considering getting organic certification. What issues should they be concerned about? Updated: October 29, 2008
18. What are the differences between organic and non-organic beef production? Updated: October 29, 2008
19. How long do I have to wait before my farm's fields can be certified organic? Updated: October 29, 2008
20. May I use rhizobial inoculants for legume seeds on my certified organic farm? Updated: October 29, 2008
21. I have a certified organic farm. Do annual transplants have to be organic? What about planting stock like garlic, sweet potato slips, or potato tubers? What about strawberry plants? Updated: October 29, 2008
22. What are the organic certification requirements for the production of potted herbs, annuals and perennials for resale? Updated: October 29, 2008
23. Can treated wood be used for fence posts, trellis systems, etc. in organic production? Updated: October 29, 2008
24. Can reclaimed water be used for irrigation on organic farms? Updated: October 29, 2008
25. My certifying agent instructed me to keep "monitoring records" of water quality on my organic farm. I irrigate some fields using river water. What kinds of records should I be keeping? Updated: October 29, 2008
26. I operate a certified organic farm and I wish to purchase compost from a commercial compost operation. Does this compost have to be certified organic? Updated: October 29, 2008
27. Must manure used to fertilize organic crops come from an organic source, that is from animals that have been raised organically? Updated: October 29, 2008
28. How should producers and growers become familiar with the intricacies of the NOP regulation? Updated: October 27, 2008
29. For how long is my organic certificate valid? Updated: October 27, 2008
30. Who may use the “USDA Organic” seal? Updated: October 27, 2008

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