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Pasture Rulemaking

The NOP has issued a final rule to provide greater detail to the NOP livestock regulations, especially as they relate to pasture and ruminant animals. The following links will take you to key documents relevant to this rulemaking.

Final Rule – Access to Pasture

Federal Register Notice: Final Rule National Organic Program (NOP) Access to Pasture (Livestock) (PDF)

Pasture for Organic Ruminant Livestock: Understanding and Implementing the National Organic Program (NOP) Pasture Rule (PDF)

Federal Register Notice 02/17/10: National Organic Program; Access to Pasture (Livestock) (PDF)

Access to Pasture Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

Fact Sheet (PDF)

Side-by-side: A comparison of the current NOP regulation, and proposed and final pasture rules (PDF)

Training Presentation Slides Part 1 (PDF)

Training Presentation Slides Part 2 (PDF)

Dry Matter Intake Information

Calculating DMI from Pasture (PDF)

Dry Matter Demand – Dairy (PDF)

Dry Matter Demand – Beef (PDF)

Dry Matter Demand – Goat (PDF)

DMI Calculation Worksheet – NRC Value (PDF)

DMI Calculation Worksheet – NRC Value EXAMPLE (PDF)

DMI Calculation Worksheet (PDF)

Pasture Worksheet for Rotational/Stocking Grazing Systems (PDF)

To view the pasture rule comments, search document AMS-TM-06-0198 at Regulations.gov.

Federal Register Notice: Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) – Access to Pasture (Livestock) (PDF)


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Last Modified Date: 07/27/2012