Organic Crops

Organic Crops
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Factsheets and Infosheets

Field Crops

• Agronomy Guide, Publication 811, Order this publication
• Along the Road to Organic
• Alternative Field Crops Manual
• Combine Cleaning Procedure, August 2008
• Livestock Grazing (OACC)
  • Grazing Research - Organic Production (OACC)
• Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) in Iowa: An Economic Comparison of Organic and Conventional Grain Crops (External link - see disclaimer)
• Organic Crop Production, March 2007
• Organic Crop Production, Penn State Agronomy Guide 2005-2006
• Organic Soybeans, March 2006
• 2008 Field Crop Budgets (Publication 60)
  • organic soybeans, corn, wheat, spelt, oats, barley
• Ontario Enterprise Budgets 2008
  • Organic Corn ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Soybeans ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Spelt ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Winter Wheat ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Barley ( xls ) ( html )
  • Organic Oats ( xls ) ( html )
• Organic Field Crops in 2008, Mar 2008
• Pasture Management
• Pasture Management Tips For The Coming Season, Feb 2008
• Pesticide Risk Reduction in Soybean Production, August 2008
• Strategies to Minimize Risks of GMO Contamination, June 2004
• What is Spelt? Sept 2003

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Fruit Crops

• Beneficial Insects and Mites for Apples
• Beneficial Insects in Tree Fruit Orchards in Southern Ontario (Order No. 96-029)
• Biological control of root weevils in strawberries, Jan 2008
• Disease Resistant Apple Cultivars (Order No. 98-013)
• Distinguishing Friends From Enemies: Four Fabulous Insects You Want Visiting Your Orchards, August 2005
• Dwarf Tree Orchard Maintenance FiBL (PDF 950 KB)
• 4th International Organic Tree Fruit Research Symposium
• Growing Organic Strawberries, May 2006
• Harvesting and Handling Apples (Order No. 00-003)
• Keeping Berries Safe: A Grower's Guide to Preventing Food-borne Illness from Berry Crops
• Mite Pests and Their Predators
• Overview of Organic Fruit Production
• OrganicA - a resource for organic apple production
• Organic Apple Production Guide for Atlantic Canada 2008 (PDF, 7 MB)
• Organic Apple Production Field Days (PA)
• Organic Apple Spray Program (MI)
• Organic Cultivation of Standard Orchards FiBL (PDF 1.58 MB)
• Organic Cultivation of Bush Berries FiBL (PDF 3MB)
• Organic & Integrated Fruit Production
• Organic Wild Lowbush Blueberry Guide (NS) (PDF 1.3 MB)
• Organic Orcharding
• Organic Tree Fruit Management (publication from BC)
• Predatory Mite Biology
• Scab-Resistant Apple Cultivars
• Strawberry Production Systems
• Upper Midwest Organic Tree Fruit Growers Network
• Worldwide Use of Mating Disruption Continues to Rise, April 2006

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Vegetable Crops

• Choosing Mulches for Vegetable Production Nov 2005
• Good Agricultural Practices for the Production of Leafy Greens, Sept 2006
• Greenhouse
  • Reminders for Cleanup, Feb 2006
  • Optimal Placements of Biocontrol Agents for Optimal Results, April 2006
  • Milk as a Management Tool for Virus Diseases, Nov 2005
• Herb Profiles
• Options for Emergency Wind Control, April 2008
• Organic Sweet Corn Production
• Organic Greenhouse Vegetable Production
• Organic Vegetable Production Cornell IPM Chapter 11
• Organic Vegetable Production (PA)
• Organic Vegetable Production: Managing Nutrients and Pests
• Sanitation Recommendations for Management of Insect and Mite Pests of Greenhouse Vegetables (Order No. 94-029)
• Control of Common Scab: A Challenging Task, Apr 2008
• Symptons of Chilling Injury in Vegetables, July 2004
• Cultivation Tools for Mechanical Weed Control in Vegetables
• Use of mechanical cultivators for market vegetable crops
• Vine Crop Pollination Pointers, June 2008
• Weed Control in Organic Vegetable Production FiBL (PDF 867 KB)

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Gardens, Lawns, and Landscapes

• Gardener's Handbook
• Master Gardeners of Ontario
• Organic Landscape Alliance

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