Livestock Application

Twin Creeks Organic Farm

Owner: Gerald te Velde

Farm Address:
205045 Hwy. 26
RR 8
Owen Sound, ON N4K 5W4
Canada County
Canada

daytime phone: 519-538-4704
Web site: http://www.twincreeksfarm.ca

Application Date: 2006-12-16

Applicant Details

Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program:	same as produce
Are you currently third party Certified for your livestock operation by any other organization (Organic, Biodynamic, etc)?	no
Have you ever been certified in the past?	no
Have you ever been denied certification?	no
How did you hear about Certified Naturally Grown?	same as produce
The Feed Supplier Declaration is required of all CNG livestock producers. (Read it here: www.naturallygrown.org/feed.) Please review it and be sure your feed meets CNG's requirements before completing this application. If necessary, you may login to complete this application later.
Your application will be reviewed AFTER we receive a valid Feed Declaration for your farm. Check this box to indicate you understand this.

General Farm Information

Farmland Management and Practices

Primary Tillage System:	mostly permanent pasture, some plowing & discing for grains and greenmanures, also use pigs toclear and till land in small areas (max. 1 acre at a time)
Do you use Cover Crops?	yes
If yes, please list:	Red clover, fall rye, buckwheat, oats, barley
Do you use Compost?	yes
Please note general sources (on farm,purchased complete, local grass clippings, local dairy, etc.):	on farm,
Please list application rates. Give a specific amount or range (for example: one to two tons per acre, ten wheelbarrow loads per 1,000 square feet, or 1-2 inches deep). Do not answer "varies".	500 - 1000 kg per acre
Do you use Manure?	no
Please list any other brought in fertility sources that you use (specific rock powders, lime, soybean / alfalfa meal, specific purchased pre-mixes, etc)and how often it's used. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s.
Have any chemical fertilizers been applied to the fields you are seeking Certification for in the last three years (36 months)?	no
Have any non-acceptable pesticides and/or herbicides been applied to these fields in the last 3 years?	no
Describe your primary weed problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient(s), what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used.	a range of weeds, livestock grazing, mowing, tillage, hand removal
Describe your primary plant pest problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s, what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used.	minimal problems, crop rotation,
Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name:	none
Are there any known contaminants in the irrigation water?	no

Livestock Management and Practices

Please list all livestock for which you seek certification by type/breed, and indicate how many of each are on the farm today (E.g. belted galloways - 20, nubian goats - 5, orpington chickens - 7, frizzle chickens - 3) Note: To be Certified Naturally Grown, ALL livestock on your farm or ranch must be raised according to CNG standards. (Allowances are made for individual animals treated for health reasons. They should be specified below in the section on quarantined animals.)	22 Dual-purpose Shorthorns cows, 19 shorthorn steers, 4 hiefers, 14 young calves, 10 horned dorset ewes, 10 suffolk ewes, 60 dorset X ewes, 2 rams, 90 lambs, 4 Berkshire sows, 2 Berkshire X sows, 2 Yorkshire sows, 20 berkshire X hogs, 1 Berkshire boar, 18 piglets, 4 spanish black turkeys, 50 bronze turkeys, 50 white turkeys, 200 dual purpose chickens, 100 chantecler chickens, 100 rhode island red-X laying hens, 2 Nubian goats, 2 LaMancha X goats, 50 saxony ducks, 50 pekin ducks
I affirm that all livestock on my operation are raised according to Certified Naturally Grown standards, and are specified here on this application. I further affirm that I will not sell ANY livestock products that have not been Certified Naturally Grown. All livestock raised on and sold by this farm will be Certified Naturally Grown.
Have all the livestock been raised according to CNG standards since the last third of gestation or since hatching?	yes
Give brief details of your rotation practice for each type and/or group of livestock. (E.g. heifers strip grazing behind electric fence moved daily, 28 day rotation, poultry rotated weekly - 3 pens.)	Cows and calves rotational grazed moved every 1-3 days, sheep rotational grazed moved every 1-3 days approx., pigs moved weekly on land to be tilled(they do the tilling), hens moved weekly(hen house) or twice-weekly after cows, turkeys free range(coop moved weekly), all chickens, turkeys, & ducks are moved using portable electric poultry fence and portable hoophouse structures, goats graze with cows and calves
Do the animals listed above include cows, goats, sheep or other ruminants?	yes
Do your ruminant livestock obtain at least 30% of their dry matter intake from grazed forage during the growing season?	yes
Do the animals listed above include poultry?	yes
Do your poultry either (a) have a minimum of five square feet per bird of natural, grassy outdoor space or (b) do they have at least two square feet per bird and get moved at least one time per day to fresh new pasture?	yes
Do your livestock spend most of their time on pasture during the growing season?	yes
Is all feed grown according to Certified Naturally Grown standards (without chemical fertilizers, pesticides or post-harvest fungal treatments)?	yes
Do you buy in some feed?	yes
Will you be sure to submit a Feed Supplier Declaration? (download it at naturallygrown.org/feed) Please note: when the big name brand companies say their feed is "Natural" that does not mean that they are grown according to CNG standards. It probably means they do not add antibiotics, which is a good start, but very likely the feed was grown with synthetic fertilizers and using genetically modified seeds.	yes
For all livestock you seek to certify, please provide more information about the feed. Is it grown locally for you? Purchased in bulk at a mill? Bagged at the feed store? Is it Certified Organic? What brand, if any?	grown locally using no chemicals, no synthetic fertilizers, and no gmo seeds
Describe your primary livestock pest problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the active ingredient/s, what kind of product it is (a soap, vaccine, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used. For example: "Very occasionally our dairy cattle have intenstinal worms. When herbal treatment isn't effective, we resort to "Ivomec" (Ivermectin) injections as a last-resort paraciticide"	parasitic worms in sheep- rotationally grazed, at least 60 days before grazing in same pasture
Describe your primary livestock disease problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s, what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used.	none
Provide details of all livestock owned by you, or grazed on your land, that are treated and quarantined on your property	none

Seeds and Buffers

Do you purchase or grow using any Genetically Modified seeds?	no
Do you use any chemically treated seeds in your operation?	no
Chemical/Spray Drift and Buffers:
Is there any likelihood of Chemical/Spray drift contamination of your fields?	no
Do you have an adequate buffer to protect yourself from potential contamination?	yes
Please describe your buffer. Be specific. On all sides, how far is it from your crops to the next closest use (i.e. road, conventional crop, residential yard)? Specify what is grown on neighboring land in agricultural use. For example: To the north and east, a wooded area of at least 100 yards separates us from the neighbor's corn fields, to the south is a fallow field at least 100 yards deep separating us from a blueberry farm, and to the west about 60 feet separates our crops from a field where conventional corn and soybeans are grown.	significant bush and pastureland separating my fields,from 100M to 2000M

Agreements

Please indicate your agreement with the following statements by checking the boxes.
I will not label, or in any way lead consumers to believe that livestock not raised in accord with CNG standards is Certified Naturally Grown^TM.
I understand that I have to complete at least one (and hopefully more) Certification Inspection(s) of another ranch or farm in my area each year, and that the inspection will NOT be of the same rancher or farmer that inspected me.
I have reviewed the Certified Naturally Grown livestock certification standards, I understand them, and I will abide by them. I understand that if I have any questions I may contact CNG for clarification.
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