I am an organic livestock producer and will be expanding my landbase as well as purchasing new breeding stock. When is my newly purchased/leased land considered organic? When are my newly purchased females considered organic?

I am an organic livestock producer and will be expanding my landbase as well as purchasing new breeding stock. When is my newly purchased/leased land considered organic? When are my newly purchased females considered organic?

  • As long as the land has been verified to be free of prohibited substances in the last 36 months, the land will be added to your scope of certification following your annual inspection. If prohibited substances have been used, the land must transition to organic 36 months following the last date of the application of a prohibited substance.
  • If the land qualifies for 3rd year transitional, bred females may be brought onto the operation and my graze transitional pasture until the end of their 2nd trimester.  These newly added females must then be under continuous organic management (fed organic feed and graze on organic land only) from the beginning of their last trimester for the calves to be considered organic.
  • Non-organic breeding stock bought onto the organic operation are considered “organic” for breeding purposes only. The meat from these animals can never be sold as organic.
  • Livestock existing on-farm when new land in transition is added to the operation may not graze transitional pasture and maintain organic status.

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