December 5, 2016
This is for SIP Certified vineyard applicants with a documentation or documentation and onsite inspection.
Login to the database at https://app.sipcertified.org to read each specific Standard as you implement and document them. Unless noted otherwise in the Standards, documentation should reflect practices from Dec. 1, 2016 to June/July 2017.
What to Document?
- Documentation – Complete Standards marked “D” in the database. Also review D+O Standards. These will be reviewed if you nave the Impromptu inspection (48 hours notice of an onsite inspection)
- Doc+Onsite – Complete Standards marked “D” and “D+O” in the database.
What to do This Month
In addition to completing Standards (farming questions) for your summer 2017 inspection, you will also find a few new questions in the database. Save time during your next full inspection by completing the 2017 changes this year. Use the Updates and Cycle 2 & 3 Inspections 2017 located at www.sipcertified.org > Get Certified > Documents, and complete any questions marked NEW.
- 3.1.9 (D+O) Make sure liquid and dry materials are stored separately.
- 3.1.10 (D+O) Explain how mixing and loading is performed on sites with low runoff hazard.
- 3.2.2 (D) A winter cover crop (resident or planted) must be maintained. If you did not get a picture last month, get one this month.
- Learn more about the benefits of cover cropping
- 8.1.1 (D) – Make sure that you share the Prohibited Materials List with anyone making spray decisions. This Standard requires that you do not use any of the materials on the list.
- 10.1.1 (D) Upload your fruit quality records.