Raising Healthy Cattle
the Organic Way

At this time the organic conversion of our herd is complete. 

The three year transitioning period has been completed and our farm was certified organic in May of 2007. Although the transitioning and certification process have been completed we will continue to be inspected and evaluated on a regular basis by our certifing agency which is OCPP/Pro-Cert (OC/PRO) .

Organic certification requires us to feed organically grown feed from certified land as well as not using antibiotics or hormones.  There are many homeopathic remedies that can be used and vaccinating is encouraged.  If the animals immune system is in good shape and the feeding and housings conditions are properly met there should be very few incidents that need attention. When we adopted the intensive rotational grazing system we found a sharp decrease in the need for medicine and veterinary services.  Transition to organic completes the process. We are also changing the way we bed the cattle. We have rye growing this summer and will bale the straw to use for bedding.  Our record keeping will have to conform to the policy set out by the certifier.  Daily logs of all activity on the farm are needed, not only for employees but also consultants.  Much more record keeping will be necessary.