tailieunhanh - The Small Dairy Resource BookInformation sources for farmstead producers and processors

Butler attributed the primary cost differences between organic and conventional operations to reduced milk production, slightly higher feed and labor costs, and significantly higher herd replacement and transition costs. Herd replacement costs were significantly higher for organic producers because replacement heifers must be raised organically, or must be purchased from organic heifer breeders. Transition costs were not obtained directly from farmers, but instead were imputed as the net income foregone during the transition period from selling milk at the conventional price while incurring the higher costs of complying with the organic requirements. . | The Small Dairy Resource Book Information sources for farmstead producers and processors by Vicki H. Dunaway Project Coordinator The Hometown Creamery Revival a project of the Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE program of USDA Sustainable Agriculture Network SAN Beltsville MD January 2000 Table of Contents Tip Interlibrary Tip Finding new Tip Finding out-of-print Ice Tip E-mail discussion Other Dairy Dairy Tip Accessing old Extension Tip The Thomas Food Business and Tip Too many magazines Can t find that article .27 Tip Finding information on requirements for dairy Tip The Cooperative Extension Tip The Goat Tip Rare Dairy Feeds Tip Natural Resources Conservation Processing Other ii Acl iU víciLjinciỉlt Many people contributed to the Small Dairy Resource Book and it is a pleasure to have a space in which to thank at least some of them. The support of the Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE program has been essential in providing funds for purchasing materials and for giving me the opportunity to pursue this work. SARE s communications arm the Sustainable Agriculture Network SAN has agreed to publish and distribute the Resource Book making it available at a very reasonable cost. Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas ATTRA also has agreed to distribute this publication and others published by our project. Thanks to Holly Born and others at ATTRA for reviewing this book and making suggestions for additional resources. These three federally funded organizations have all contributed mightily to spreading the word about sustainable and organic agriculture and we are pleased