STC will participate in the organic food fair BIOFACH 2024
STC will participate in the international organic food fair "Biofach 2024"- Germany Hall 4A, Stand 214 This year STC will again participate in the international organic food fair - BIOFACH 2024, which will take place from 13 to 16 February 2024 at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre, GERMANY. For the first time, the STC stand will feature the composition "Green Fingers" by renowned artist Dzintra Vilks (see image below). The artwork "Green [...]
Guidelines for the use of STC certification marks
stc GUIDELINES FOR USE OF THE stc Certification marks Download the guidelines The certification marks developed by STC may be used by organic operators, business partners and/or members who have an agreement with STC for the certification of organic products. In addition to the terms of the contract, the guidelines for the use of the certification marks "STC organic", "STC organic" may be used in the labelling (labels, stickers, etc.) of products certified organic by STC; "Approved by STC [...]
40h refresher training programme for farmers
40h refresher training programme "Production, processing and labelling of organic agricultural products" The new procedure for granting aid for the implementation of commitments for the programming period 2023-2027 (Cabinet Decision No 197, 18.04.2023) provides that farmers who have applied for one of the forms of aid and have accepted the new five-year commitment must additionally attend refresher training courses in agriculture and food production. Within the framework of these provisions, "STC in further training [...]
List of species to be included in the general permit in 2024
List of species for which a general authorisation to use conventionally sourced seed for organic production has been granted in 2024 A new entry "Grass seed mixtures" has been added to the authorisation list. As a reminder, the use of non-organic seed of these species (including grass seed mixtures) must be recorded in the VAAD register 'Record of conventional propagating material used in organic production under general authorisation'. List of species Organic farming in Latvia [...]
STC is re-certified as AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness!
STC is re-certified as AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness! We are proud to announce that we have once again received the international AAA® certificate confirming compliance with the HIGHEST creditworthiness level AAA, which was created in cooperation with Dun & Bradstreet Latvia , SIA. We are proud of this achievement because only 6.5% of Latvian companies meet the highest creditworthiness level AAA and we are one of [...]
Memorandum of Cooperation with Kherson University of Agriculture and Economics, Ukraine
On 19 October, a remote seminar was held with students from the Faculty of Agronomy at Kherson University of Agriculture and Economics in Ukraine - future agronomists, farmers and business managers, academics and management. The aim of the seminar was to introduce the services offered by the "Certification and Testing Centre" Ltd (STC) in the field of certification and testing, to tell more about the procedure of organic certification - requirements and steps to start farming [...]
Get a special offer when you visit BILTIM Technique 2023
SPECIAL OFFER only during the exhibition BILTIM TEHNIKA 2023 (05.-07.10.2023) Want to get a discount on the measurement of working environment parameters? What you need to do: Come to the STC stand on one of the exhibition days (5.10.-7.10., Ramava Business Centre) Write an application for measuring the working environment parameters Get a 7% discount for measurements (discount only applicable in 2023) What are the types of working [...]
160h programme "Foundations of organic farming"
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 160-HOUR PROGRAMME "BASICS OF BIOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE" The training course is suitable for beginners as well as for agricultural experts. The course provides a knowledge base on the basic principles of organic farming. The course will use a variety of teaching methods - theoretical and practical training with field trips to farms. Basic principles of organic farming, binding laws and regulations and monitoring and control procedures - 16h [...]
Tailor-made training programmes/seminars in the assessment of agricultural machinery, vehicles and machinery (equipment)
Tailor-made training programmes/seminars in the assessment of agricultural machinery, vehicles and machinery (equipment) Programmes in the assessment of machinery (equipment) under the new Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 Technical documentation under the new European Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 "Conformity Assessment. New European Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 Legal basis, requirement, assessment scheme, conformity documentation and marking Risk assessment, safety of machinery according to EN 12100 [...]
Extension of the intercropping period
The Ministry of Agriculture has assessed that the situation where the harvesting of the main crop is delayed due to changing climatic conditions, including prolonged rainfall, and consequently the sowing of the catch crop is delayed, constitutes exceptional circumstances and the farmer retains the right to the aid for catch crops under Ecoscheme 2 if the catch crop is sown later than 1 September on a field where the main crop has not been harvested by 1 September, as the [...]
