The 1979 Eastern Plateau Region dairy farm business summary includes data from 84 farms located in Broome, Delaware, Chenango, Chemung, Otsego, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler counties. The Cooperative Extension Associations in these counties have been sponsoring farm business management projects for 25 years and the Eastern Plateau summary has been published for 12 years. The primary purpose of this project is to assist cooperators in farm record keeping and business analysis and therebyl improved their skills as managers. This report is prepared in workbook form for use in the systematic study of individual farm business operations. The following data gives a view of the characteristics of farms participating in the Eastern Plateau Region farm management program over the last five years.