The 1979 Northern Hudson dairy farm business summary includes data from 42 Saratoga and Washington County farms. The Cooperative Extension Associations in these counties have been sponsoring farm business management projects for 25 years and the Northern Hudson regional summary has been published for 12 years. The primary purpose of this project is to assist cooperators in farm record keeping an business analysis and thereby improve their skills as managers. This report is prepared in workbook form for se in the systematic study of individual farm business operations.