2006 Annual Report 4d.Progress report. This report serves to document research conducted under a specific cooperative agreement between ARS and NCAT/ATTRA. Additional details of research can be found in the report for the parent project 6227-21310-007-00D Management of Southeastern Grazinglands and Livestock to Optimize Small Farm Sustainability. This research was not a part of the research plan of the parent project, but experimental details, objectives and outcome are presented in documents (AD-416, 417) approved by NPS. The objective of this cooperative research project is to:. 1)increase level of awareness and adoption of available organic gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) control strategies in the southeastern US by disseminating state-of-the-art knowledge and procedures and conduct cost-benefit analyses of these systems;. 2)examine the effectiveness and efficiency of managing H. contortus in weaned lambs and kids by grazing high nutritional value forages and/or sericea lespedeza or other tannin-rich forages with and without rotational grazing strategies for control of H. contortus; and. 3)test novel methods and/or integrated strategies for control of H. contortus. As such, objectives of this research relate to Component IV (Grazing Management) of the NP205 action plan. This is the first year of this project. Analysis of a survey on organic farming filled out by small ruminant producers was conducted. It was determined that management of H. contortus and processing meat products were limiting factors to organic small ruminant production.