Year: 2012
Address: 339 Abe Boice Rd. Sidney Center, NY 13839. Website: http://www.cmpdorpers.com/ Description: Tim and Jean McCumber raise a pasture based flock of 50 Dorper sheep on their 58 acre farm.…
The Small Farms Update includes small farm announcements, events, job and internship opportunities, grant and loan opportunities, and latest handbooks, tools and other small farm resources. It is intended for…
The Cornell Small Dairy Team has released a series of 6 new resources to help small dairy farms. The team, whose members include farmers and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) educators,…
A series to highlight creative strategies on family dairies to take place between May 9th– July 11th, 2012 Are you interested in how small dairy farms across New York are…
Address: 44301 Cross Island Rd. Wellesley Island, NY 13640. Website: www.crossislandfarms.com Description: Dani Baker and David Belding are the owners of this highly diversified organic farm, with retail sales of…
By A. Fay Benson Small dairy farm operators may soon be faced with the prohibition of winter spreading of manure. Any farmer considering updating their barns should consider a style…
by Corey Hayes and Peggy Murray Have you ever heard the old saying “Go big or go home”? Usually it is referencing taking on a new challenge in someone’s life or…
by John J. Hanchar INTRODUCTION Economic efficiency is the ability to realize a favorable relationship between input use and output based upon economic measures such as the value of production,…
by Mariane Kiraly This Farm decided that the upfront cost was less than the return of high quality forages and lower labor needed to complete the harvest. Streamview Dairy has…
Dairy Farm Profit Benchmarks A Farm Business Educator once used the analogy of barrel staves as a way to describe portions of the dairy farm business. If the whole farm…
