• NODPA - Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, (this web site), contact: info@organicmilk.org
• WODPA - Western Organic Dairy Producers Alliance

Resources

• Organic feed prices: In addition to organic prices available in the Upper Midwest Organic Grain and Feedstuff  and the Eastern Cornbelt Organic Grain Feedstuff, the National Hay, Feed & Seed Weekly  includes some organic hay prices.
  
  
• The organic Farming Resources Center for New York State or contact Sarah Johnson  518-457-4531
  
  

• Mainstreaming of the US organic milk and produce markets: opportunities and risks to Vermont organic production sustainability (pdf) April 05
  Prepared by Gary Deziel; reviewed by Allen Matthews and Vern Grubinger
  
  
• Nat Bacon's Sample Transitioning Budget (link is to a MS Excel file, xls)
  
  
• Pastures of Plenty: Financial Performance of Wisconsin Grazing Dairy Farms, Feb. 05 (pdf)
  
  
• NOFA-NY Publications of Note for Organic Dairy Farmers:
  -Organic Dairy Farming - A Resource for Farmers
  -The Organic Decision: Transitioning to Organic Dairy Production
  -Organic Dairy Production
  -Organic Livestock Handbook
  
  
• "An Economic Comparison of Organic and Conventional Dairy Production, and Estimations on the Cost of Transitioning to Organic Production" By Lisa McCrory, NOFA-VT
  
  
• The Organic Decision: Transitioning To Organic Dairy Production Workbook
  
  
• Other Organic Dairy Farming Resource Books
  
  
• How Consumers Value rBST-free and Organic Milk in the Marketplace, By Jeremy D. Foltz, and Tirtha Dhar
  
  
• Tails and Tassels, monthly newsletter.
  In depth articles on organic crop production and harvesting, dairy topics, classified ads, and more can be found in this joint newsletter for members of both New York Certified Organic, Inc. and the Leatherstocking Organic Network. The two groups have been formed by New York farmers to meet the educational needs of non-chemical crop and dairy farmers. Contact Mary Howell-Martens, kandmhfarm@sprintmail.com