New Course and Microlearning
Organic Dairy Compliance 2
Building Strong Livestock Oversight Systems
Organic dairy operations are complex environments, making it essential for inspectors and certification staff to have strong and specialized oversight skills. The National Organic Program (NOP) launched a new course in the Organic Integrity Learning Center, NOP-290: Organic Dairy Compliance 2. This advanced course builds on NOP-090: Organic Dairy Compliance.
Organic Dairy Compliance 2 provides an in-depth review of the pasture practice standard and grazing season and pasture management requirements. The course explains the process of conducting feed audits to verify that animals receive a minimum of 30 percent dry matter intake from grazing, on average, over the course of the grazing season. It explains producer responsibilities for managing and documenting organic dairy feed.
The course provides certifier staff and inspectors with the skills needed to assess and address noncompliances related to pasture management and feed rations. It also helps certifiers understand the knowledge inspectors need to effectively assess the compliance of a dairy operation. Throughout the course, questions, interactive scenarios, and short videos illustrate situations that inspectors may encounter at a dairy operation.
Related Microlearning
NOP-997: Microlearning: Evaluating the Grazing Season
Certifiers are required to evaluate the length of the grazing season when verifying compliance with livestock feed requirements. This microlearning explains how to evaluate the grazing season according to the organic regulations.
Target audience: Certifiers and inspectors who oversee organic livestock operations with animals on pasture.
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How to Register for a Course
Once logged into the USDA AMS National Organic Program, Organic Integrity Learning Center, signing up for a course is like buying a product at an online store, but all training is free.
To register for an NOP course in the Organic Integrity Learning Center, follow these steps:
- Click on Register for Course in the menu.
- Available courses in the program will appear.
- Click the green Register button for each desired course.
- The green button will change to a blue button that says "Added to Cart."
- You will see a shopping cart with the number of courses selected.
- Click the link that says Proceed to Checkout. Note: The tuition is $0 – All training in the Learning Center is free!
- A list of the courses you've selected will appear. To confirm enrollment, select the green Confirm button.
- Go to your Dashboard to launch the course.
- Click on the course title from the list of Active Courses.
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Notes:
- Once you have completed a course, it will appear under the list of Completed Courses.
- To access all completed course content, register for the National Organic Program Training Archive course to review (read-only) material from all OILC courses.
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