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Organic Crop Certification includes vegetables, herbs, fruits, nuts, flowers, grains, hay, pasture, wild crops, sugar bush, woods, greenhouse operations, and more. Click on the appropriate documents below to update your request for organic crop certification. Return these forms with your annual certification fees by April 1, 2023. Please feel free to contact the office if you have any questions while completing the documents. 608-637-7080 or nics.inbox@ecocert.com
Program/Guidance Documents:
You must complete the following documents to renew your certification request with NICS:
| Update Application Checklist | ||
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| Fee Estimate Worksheet for Farm Scopes | ||
| Organic System Plan for Update Crop Certification (OSPCU) | ||
| Current Year Farm Plan (CYFP) Form |
If you have additional certification needs or changes to existing certification in these areas, please complete the following organic system plans, as applicable to your operation:
| Greenhouse Organic System Plan (OSPGH) | ||
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| Maple Syrup Organic System Plan (OSPMS) | ||
| Maple Syrup Organic System Plan – Stand Alone (OSPMSO) **for operations with only maple syrup production do not need to complete an OSP for Crops Certification** |
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| Reinstatement Request Addendum (R1OSPRR) | ||
| Wild Crop Organic System Plan (OSPWC) |
Supplemental Documentation for Organic Crop Production
The following is a list of supplementary documents for organic crop certification. Please complete these documents, as applicable to your operation.
| Buffer Crop Usage (BCU) Form | |||
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| Calendar for recording field activities, manure spreading dates, and other farming activities | |||
| Clean Equipment Log (CEL) Form | |||
| Clean Transport Affirmation (CTA) Form | |||
| Compost Production Record (CPR) Form | |||
| Consent for Release of Records (CRR) Form | |||
| Electronic Signature Authorization (ESA) Form | |||
| Facility Pest Management Agreement (FPMA) Form | |||
| Facility Pest Management Monitoring Log (FPMML) | |||
| Harvest/Sales Summary (HSS) Form | |||
| Materials Input Listing (MIL) Form | |||
| Material Input Review Request (MRR) Form | |||
| Neighbor Notification Letter (NNL) Form | |||
| Off-Farm Greenhouse Register (OFGH) Form | |||
| Off-Farm Manure/Bedding Verification (OFMBV) Form | |||
| Organic Seed-Planting Stock Search (OSS) Form | |||
| Prior Land Use Declaration (PLUD) Form | |||
| Seeds, Seedlings, & Planting Stock (SSPS) Form | |||
| Spray Drift Self Report (SDSR) | |||
| Transaction Certificate Authorization (TCA) | |||
| Verification of Adjoining Land Use (VALU) Form | |||
| Voluntary Surrender Form |