The manuscript by Hansen et al. reviews the causes for N losses from organic agriculture. While organic agriculture is practiced widely across Europe a comprehensive overview of the consequences of organic agriculture on N losses is yet lacking and this manuscript could be a valuable contribution to BG. However, and this is in agreement with both reviewers, the authors have not taken advantage of the opportunity of structurally and comprehensively addressing this lack of knowledge. Given the response provided by the authors to the critical reviews, I am confident that the authors will incorporate the suggestions given and revise the manuscript accordingly. Following this next step, we will re-assess and come to a decision.

with kind regards and looking forward to the revised version of the document

Lutz Merbold

Dear Sissel Hansen et al.,
first of all apologies for the delay in working on your manuscript which was caused due to personal sickness in the last weeks.

Following, the concerns pointed out by two reviewers and your response to each individual remark - thank you for linking your specific answers to the actual text in the manuscript - I kindly ask you to submit the revised version of the paper. Once received, I will do a final review. With this I am looking forward to see the adjusted version of the paper.
with kind regards
Lutz Merbold

Dear Sissel Hansen et al.,
thank you for responding to the last set of comments in such detail. I now had a final read over the document and I am happy to inform you that the manuscript can now be published in BG.
with kind regards
Lutz Merbold