Organic Crop Production Guide
This Organic Crop Production Guide helps growers plan organic crop production steps. Fill it in by hand and keep it with your farm records for later seasons.
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The steps on this page
- Review the organic standards with your certifier
- Plan field history and buffer needs
- Plan rotation and soil building
- Choose approved seed and inputs
- Plan weed control without synthetic herbicides
- Plan pest and disease prevention
- Keep audit trail records
- Plan harvest, storage and handling separation
How to use this guide
Walk a new hand through the steps once, then let them use the page on their own. Add your own notes as you learn what works.
Where to check the details
This sheet is a general template, so confirm specifics with your own manuals, labels and local rules. For current official guidance, start with USDA AMS and eXtension.
For more in this area, see the row crop calendar. Between chores, farm.FM has farm humor, including Organic or Not?, and farming farm stories.