Organic livestock production is growing rapidly throughout the world, and sales are anticipated to increase dramatically in the coming years. Although organic livestock production has made significant advances over the last several decades, navigating complex regulatory frameworks and dealing with challenges facing the sector such as securing high levels of health and welfare in organic livestock systems needs to be addressed. Opportunities are growing to share the vast knowledge about organic livestock management practices that has been accumulated, from feed supply to market management. At present, interest is focused on health and food safety in organic livestock production systems, marketing trends, innovation in organic livestock production systems and livestock breeding strategies.

Articles and Reports

Livestock Research Survey (04) (pdf), J. Riddle