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Membership Mailing: April 2025

Access all of the documents from the April Membership Mailing below. 

Membership Mailing: March 2025

Access all of the documents from the March Membership Mailing below. 

Membership Mailing: February 2025

Access all of the documents from the February Membership Mailing below. 

Membership Mailing: January 2025

Access all of the documents from the January Membership Mailing below. 

Membership Mailing: December 2024

Access all of the documents from the December Membership Mailing below. 

Membership Mailing: November 2024

Access all of the documents from the November Membership Mailing below. 

Membership Mailing: October 2024

Access all of the documents from the October Membership Mailing below. 

Whole Foods Market Animal Welfare Standards for Laying Hens

Whole Foods Market Animal Welfare Standards for Laying Hens

Feed Program

Proper Hay Sampling

Dan Putnam of University of California, Davis, describes proper sampling of hay and forage.

Produce Quality Manual

Produce Trucking Procedure

Produce Packaging Procedure

Communication Sheet Instructions 

Grower Pool: Relative Forage Quality

Relative Feed Value is widely used to determine when to harvest, how to allocate forage lots to animal groups according to livestock quality needs, and rank forage for sale. Using Relative Feed Value measurements alongside recommendations listed by National Research Council, growers can improve upon this quality index through use of newer analyses and equations.

Grower Pool: Hay Protocol

Beef Pool: Production Standards

Pork Pool: Production Standards

Animal Care Program

Dairy Pool Membership Qualifications

Feeding Dairy Cows with Lower Quality Forages

Drought, excess rain and flooding made it a challenging year, and nearly every region in the U.S. experienced weather conditions that led to large variations in forage quality. In 2018 Organic Valley members across the country experienced reduced milk production and earlier-than-usual loss of body condition as a result. In this article, CROPP Ruminant Nutritionists Dr. Silvia Abel Caines explains the connection.

Produce Records Forms

Download the Produce Pool record-keeping forms here.

50# Onion Bag

Poly Root Bags - 25#

1.8 Bushel Box- Hollow Core

9/10 Bushel Box- Hollow Core

5/9 Bushel Box- Hollow Core

1 & 1/9 Bushel Box- Hollow Core

Produce Quality Specifications: Fennel

PEC Minutes

Here is a list of the PEC Meeting Minutes you can download.

Produce Quality Specifications: Radish

Produce Quality Specifications: Asparagus

Produce Quality Specifications

Pork Pool: Standards

Produce Quality Specifications: Cabbage

Produce Pool Policies and Processes

Welcome to the Produce Pool Prolicies and Processes page. Below you will find links to current documents for the Produce Pool.

Produce Payment Procedure

Produce Payable Deadlines

Produce Delivery Procedure

Production and Packing Resources

Informational Websites

Bulk Tank Organisms Chart

Grade A Inspection Criteria and Debit Points

This is a chart with a detailed description of debit items for a Dairy Farm inspection. Also listed are the score values for each item on the inspection sheet. This is a downloadable pdf.

CROPP Cooperative Milk Quality Standards

Details of CROPP's Milk Quality Standards.

Interpreting Bulk Tank Culture Results

Bacteria Count Combinations and Trouble Shooting

Troubleshooting guide for various bacterial count combinations as well as the quality test discard policy.

Soil Sampling

Mark Kopecky walks us through the proper technique for successful soil sampling in this video.

California Mastitis Testing (CMT) Fact Sheet

Produce Executive Committee Charter

Produce Pool: Requirements

Checklist: LPC

Checklist: PI & SPC

Collection of Individual Milk Samples

Bulk Tank Cultures Enrollment Form

Checklist: SCC

Bacterial Growth and the Impact of Cooling Raw Milk

The four main requirements for harmful bacterial growth are food, water, heat and time. Milk is an excellent medium for bacteria growth, which you already know can be prevented with proper handling and cooling. Dig into the nitty gritty microbiology of raw milk with CROPP's National Milk Quality Manager James Miller. 

Pools Update: Egg Standards

We are getting ready to roll out the new Animal Care Standards for Layer Hens going in to effect January 1, 2019.

1/3 Bushel Box- Hollow Core

Julian Calendars

These are downloadable PDFs of the Normal and Leap Year Julian Calendars.

Produce Quality Specifications: Variety Mixed Bin Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Sweet Dumpling Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Spaghetti Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Red Kuri Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Pie Pumpkins

Produce Quality Specifications: Kabocha Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Green Acorn Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Delicata Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Carnival Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Butternut Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Buttercup Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Winter Squash (Hard)

Produce Quality Specifications: Turnips & Rutabagas

Produce Quality Specifications: Summer Squash

Produce Quality Specifications: Peppers, Green Bell

Produce Quality Specifications: Peas

Produce Quality Specifications: Onions

Produce Quality Specifications: Napa Cabbage

Produce Quality Specifications: Kale

Produce Quality Specifications: Eggplant

Produce Quality Specifications: Cucumbers

Produce Quality Specifications: Collard Greens

Produce Quality Specifications: Swiss Chard

Produce Quality Specifications: Brussels Sprouts

Produce Quality Specifications: Beets