Organic Dairy Farming in Norway Under the 100% Organically Produced Feed Requirement

Ola Flaten and Gudbrand D. Lien

No 24245, 15th Congress, Campinas SP, Brazil, August 14-19, 2005 from International Farm Management Association

Abstract: The EU regulation governing organic production will require 100% organic feed in organic dairy systems from August 2005 compared with 85% currently in Norway. This study aimed to assess adjustments in resource use and financial impacts on organic dairy herds using a discrete stochastic programming model. Farm management effects of the regulatory change varied between farm types. For the two organic dairy systems examined, both having a milk quota of 100 000 litres but with varying farmland availability, the introduction of the 100% organic feed regulation resulted in an economic loss of approximately 6-8% of the net income compared to the current regime. The economic loss was mainly due to the considerable higher price of organic compared to conventional concentrates.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.24245

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