PRO-DAIRY business management specialists Jason Karszes, Lainey Koval and Mary Kate MacKenzie shared these reports in the August 2025 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators.
Comparing New York dairy farm characteristics by earnings
The 2024 business year had significant improvement in earnings over 2023. While on average financial performance improved, there continues to be a range of financial performance across farms that participate in the Dairy Farm Business Summary and Analysis Program (DFBS). DFBS data from 2024 provides insight into key measures of productivity, efficiency and financial performance. The data for 129 farms for 2024 is sorted into four groups representing earning quartiles, providing the opportunity to compare the four groups across selected measures of performance and efficiency.
Final Progress of the Farm extension bulletin
- The average of all NY farms
- Farms with less than 575 cows
- Farms with 575 to 1,224 cows
- Farms with 1,225 to 1,799 cows
- Farms with 1,800 cows and greater
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