Dairy Farm Business Summary: New York Large Herd Farms, 300 Cows or Larger 1998
Dairy farmers throughout New York state have been participating in Cornell Cooperative Extension Farm Business Summary and Analysis Programs since the early 1950’s. Managers of each participating farm business receive a comprehensive summary and analysis of the farm business. Larger farms employ different technologies and management systems, and thus, achieve different efficiencies than smaller farms. This makes comparisons of a large farm’s performance to the average of farms of all sizes not as meaningful as comparing to the average of similar sized farms. This report contains a summary and analysis of dairy farms with 300 or more cows. In addition, farms are sorted into two categories for many comparisons, 300 to 500 cows and 500 and more cows per farm.