INTRODUCTORY GUIDES

• Organic arable production
• Organic beef and dairy production
• Organic horticultural production
• Organic pig production
• Organic poultry production (under revision - currently unavailable)
• Organic sheep production

• Advice on organic meals for restaurants and b&bs
• A grower's guide to energy use in glasshouse production
• A guide to protected cropping - effective use of crop covers
• Anerobic digestion
• Avian influenza (bird flu) - advice to organic poultry producers
• Avian influenza - advice if birds must be housed
• Beef labelling scheme
• Bluetongue
• Compost the microbial way
• Cutting the cost of machinery
• Direct meat marketing
• Economics of organic arable production
• Effective copywriting for marketing material
• Farm equipment - spotting energy saving opportunities
• Feeding organic straights
• Flea beetle control in organic systems
• Forage production and utilisation
• Getting your meat and eggs to market - organic labelling guide for direct sales
• Green waste composts
• Growing vegetables for a box scheme
• Growing vines and making wines
• Information for vets - an introduction to animal health under organic standards
• Leatherjacket control in organic systems
• Local markets 1 - local marketing options
• Local markets 2 - choosing crops for local markets
• Local markets 3 - growing crops for local markets
• Local markets 4 - harvesting and post harvest handling
• Making effective use of organic research
• Making effective use of the organic marketplace
• Making the most of forage
• Making the most of green manures
• Milk replacer advice
• New welfare and transport rules
• On farm processing and retailing
• Organic Entry Level Scheme (OELS)
• Organic geese production
• Organic herb production
• Organic grain storage guidelines
• Organic lupin production
• Organic meat processing - setting up a cutting plant or cutting room
• Organic mushroom production
• Organic top fruit production
• Organic turkey production
• Organic veal production
• Plant stimulants and tonics
• Potato blight control
• Small-scale on farm poultry processing - slaughter and dressing
• Reducing the unit cost of production of organic beef
• Reed beds - a brief guide
• Sheep dip restrictions - advice for producers
• Slug control in organic systems
• Soft fruit guide - organic soft fruit production
• Solar hot water on farms - a brief guide
• SRDP - organic conversion and maintenance
• The benefits of benchmarking
• Transition farming - reducing energy, water and waste and producing energy on-farm
• Variety selection for organic apple production
• Vermicomposting
• Vertebrate pest control in organic systems

• Registered organic abattoirs and butchers
• Composts, plant raising media and mulches for use in organic production
• Fertilisers for use in organic production
• Horses on organic farms
• Machinery and equipment suppliers
• Marketing information for organic farmers (meat, milk, eggs and grain) (under revision - currently unavailable)
• Marketing information for organic growers (under revision - currently unavailable)
• Materials for pest and disease control in organic crops
• Mineral supplements
• Mobile seed cleaners
• Organic producer groups contact list
• Poultry information sheet
• Sources of organic animal feed
• Sources of technical information, education and advice
• Suppliers of transplants, herbs and rootstocks
• Top fruit suppliers
• Transition farming - information resources
• Welsh Organic Farming Scheme (OFS)

• Dairy cows on an organic farm
• Fruit case study 1 - Matthew Wilson
• Fruit case study 2 - Paul Ward
• Fruit case study 3 - Peter Hall
• Mill and mix group
• On farm best practice 1 - Acorn dairy
• On farm best practice 2 - Ashlyns Farm
• On farm best practice 3 - Courtyard Farm
• On farm best practice 4 - Higher Hacknell
• On farm best practice 5 - Monkridge Farm
• Organic pigs
• Organic table bird production
• Small salad leaf production
• The Land Trust - Summerhill Farm
• Talking turkey

• Finishing organic beef and lamb - What is the best marketing option for you and your farm? What are the most suitable breeds? What is the most appropriate finishing strategy to meet market requirements? This guide will help you learn more about organic options, and explores the range of available finishing strategies for specific markets.
• Going public - an introduction to supplying the public sector - A general introduction for organic farmers and growers (producers) who are interested in selling organic produce to Government organisations – or ‘the public sector’.
• Improving biodiversity on organic farms - The guide was written to raise awareness of the value of maximising biodiversity within the organic farmed landscape – benefiting the producer and the wider environment. Working with natural cycles and ecosystems is essential for the development of soil fertility and the control of weeds, pests and diseases.
• Making the most of farm waste - This technical guide considers 'on farm' waste minimisation and how to make the most of your resources. Chapters on new regulations, plastics, oils, energy and renewables. Highly topical.
• Making the most of waste in organic processing and retailing - Waste minimisation is of key importance to help organic businesses achieve the principles of sustainability at the heart of the organic standards. This guide will help you consider how to minimise your waste and make the most of your resources.
• Managing internal parasites in organic cattle and sheep - Written by Ray Keatinge (ADAS Redesdale), this 28-page guide provides practical advice on management and husbandry to reduce internal parasite challenge, minimise anthelmintic use, and safeguard the welfare and productivity of organically managed sheep and cattle.
• Managing organic laying hens - Poultry production can be a profitable enterprise for organic farmers, and eggs are a popular product that can be sold through many outlets, both locally and nationally. However, chickens have particular management requirements that may not be obvious to the inexperienced producer.
• Organic livestock management on nature convervation sites
• Organic weed and scrub control on nature conservation sites
• Pig ignorant - a guide to small scale pig keeping - Written in response to a growing interest by community groups in pig keeping. We discovered that Jim Pettipher was a founding member of just such an initiative – Pelican Pigs – and possessed the flair and wisdom to commit his experience in writing.
• Rearing organic poultry for meat (under revision - currently unavailable)
• Setting up an organic box scheme - Advice and information for those looking to set up an organic box scheme
• Soil management on organic farms
• Storage of organic combinable crops - This guide aims to ensure that organic farmers are provided with sound technical and practical information to enable safe, efficient and effective crop storage. Written by a number of experts, this is an invaluable guide for anyone planning on storing their harvest safely – and to organic standards.
• Weed and scrub control on organic grassland - Written by a number of experts in the field, this guide outlines the key management options for organic producers, including grazing, browsing, manual and mechanical methods. Specific sections provide detail on problem weed and scrub, such as docks, creeping thistle, bracken and reeds.
• Woodland management on organic farms - The purpose of this guide is to encourage organic farmers to apply best practice woodland management to maximise farm biodiversity and economic return. A useful read for anyone with ambitions to make the most of an existing – or to develop a new – woodland area on their holding.