Forms & Documents by livestock
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New to organic certification or looking to become certified and not sure where to start? You might find our FAQs and Certification Help most useful!Search results by topic are listed alphabetically. To narrow your selection further, choose your operation type. If you know the document you are looking for by name, use the search found in the upper right corner of the site.
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Allowed Livestock Medications
Helpful tips on allowed medications for organic livestock. |
Livestock producer | Helpful documents or flyer |
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Apiculture Colony Application
Use this form, in place of the Livestock Animal Application, to describe your bee hive/colony. Submit this with your initial CCOF application or if/when you have new hives/colonies you wish to certify. |
Grower, Livestock producer | Organic System Plan |
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Certification Tips for Livestock Operations
Helpful tips for livestock operations starting out in organic certification. |
Grower, Livestock producer, I am not an organic operation | Helpful documents or flyer |
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Dry Matter Intake from Pasture
Use this worksheet throughout the grazing season to document the Dry Matter Intake (DMI) in each ration fed to each class of animal. Complete a new worksheet any time the ration for a class of animals changes. |
Grower, Livestock producer | Form, Template or worksheet |
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Feed Type DMI Table
Use this document as a reference for average dry matter percentages for common feeds. |
Grower, Livestock producer | Helpful documents or flyer |
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H2.2 Livestock Feed
Describe your organic livestock feed products. Attach labels to this form. Update this form when you add a new product. |
Processor or Handler | Organic System Plan |
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H2.8 Temporary Livestock Management
If you hold live animals for slaughter for up to one week, tell us how you manage them. |
Processor or Handler | Organic System Plan |
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Introduction to Livestock Certification
Helpful tips on livestock certification. |
Livestock producer | Helpful documents or flyer |
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Livestock Offsite Location Affidavit
A CCOF certified operation may use another certified organic location for animal grazing and/or management if records are maintained that fully disclose all activities and transactions. Use this form to add a certified organic offsite location to your Organic System Plan. |
Grower, Livestock producer | Form, Organic System Plan |
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Risk Management Options for Organic Livestock and Forage Production in California
USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) Risk Management Options for Organic Livestock and Forage Production in California
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Disaster Assistance Programs for Organic Livestock and Forage Production in California
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Grower, Livestock producer | Helpful documents or flyer |
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Seasonal Dry Matter Intake from Pasture
Use this worksheet at the end of the grazing season to average the Dry Matter Intake (DMI) from each feed ration. This worksheet will help you find the overall average DMI from pasture for the entire grazing season for each class of animals. |
Grower, Livestock producer | Form, Template or worksheet |
