Organic farming requires a shift from relying on external inputs to boost productivity to instead maximising existing resources like your soil, pasture, and livestock. The aim is to build a balanced, resilient system that consistently performs well with minimal outside inputs over time.
Organic systems rely on nutrient cycling and soil health, with strict rules around permitted inputs. All inputs must be approved and recorded.
Pasture is the foundation of organic dairy systems. Diverse, resilient pastures support animal health, soil function and seasonal reliability.
Animal health in organic systems is based on planned prevention, supported by nutrition, genetics and management rather than treatment after the fact.
Milk quality remains critical in organic supply. Quality outcomes are influenced by animal health, nutrition, hygiene and management practices.
Many of the milk quality practices put in place on conventional dairy farms also apply to organic.
Organic farms generally operate at lower stocking rates, this approach is shaped by:
