DAIRY FARMS

Here is a nice selection of farms that are located in some of the finest agricultural areas of New York State; the Schoharie Valley, the Mohawk Valley to Syracuse, the Cooperstown/Richfield Springs area, the Rochester area and the Southern Tier. All of the areas covered have good milk markets, a wide range of equipment dealers, vets, feed mills and inseminators. Because we cover such a wide area, we suggest that you make an appointment with the listing salesperson well in advance so that we can allow you plenty of time. We have other farms listed that are not shown in the catalogue, but this should give you an idea of what we handle. WE ALSO HAVE CATALOGUES   FOR ACREAGE & GENERAL FARMS.

12377DM/JS/RV/LM   69 COW FAMILY DAIRY FARM NEAR COOPERSTOWN..........................................................................$350,000

Dairy or beef farm located within 12 miles of Cooperstown . Consist of 120 acres; 40 tillable, 40 woods and the rest pasture.  There are 2 ponds and a trout stream.  2250 feet of road frontage on two quiet town roads, plus nice views.  The barn is 120 feet long with a gambrel roof and 69 ties on 2" pipeline, 625 gal. bulk tank, BC and 10 ton grain bin. Two silos plus unloaders [16x50 & 18x50].  76X64' machinery pole barn with shop, 40X36 heifer barn with 13 ties and 3 pens, 3 car garage and other out buildings for storage.  The cape style house has 10 rooms; kitchen, DR, LR, bath, 4 bedrooms, laundry and storage.  The taxes are around $3000 with star.  Can be bought without the buildings and 100 acres for $200,000.

12308LM   MOVE IN & MILK... OTSEGO COUNTY DAIRY.............$295,000

Here is a good family farm in a good location. It has 169 acres with 51 acres of woods and the balance open. One field is a full 40 acres. All has been seeded to grass or alfalfa. Silt loam soils in gently rolling fields. There is 1,438' frontage on a paved road. There is a a stream and the pasture is fenced. Circa 1750 10 room Colonial home is in very good condition and has 3-4 bedrooms, 1 ½ baths, wide plank and hardwood floors. New windows upstairs. On the first floor are kitchen, living room, office, bath, laundry and another room for a possible bedroom. On the second floor are 3 bedrooms and another half-bath. Garage. The post and beam barn is in very good condition and has 57 stalls on 2” Surge pipeline plus 4 box stalls. 550 gallon Sunset flat tank. Patz cleaner with new chain. 18x40 Madison CS silo with Patz unloader surface chain. Two earth sided bunkers. 28x81' storage barn. 28x65 shop. The barn has high ceilings with a drive-in mow. Run-in barn with 40 steel locking headlocks. Nice barn to Work in. Taxes total about $4800. Great farm for someone who farms with horses. SOLD

12987DM/JS/RV   LANE'S END 97 COW OTSEGO COUNTY DAIRY..............................................$365,000

Beautiful, private country setting for this 140 acre farm located in southern Otsego County . The farm is within an easy drive of both Oneonta and Cooperstown . The buildings are nestled at the end of your own 800 foot private driveway. The 140 acres is gently rolling and consists of 60 acres tillable cropland with 40 woods and the balance in pasture. There is 1,600 feet of frontage on a county road. The home is a country cape with 12 rooms consisting of eat-in kitchen, living room, family room, bath and office downstairs with 4 bedrooms and 2 nd bath up. The kitchen has beautiful Woodmode cabinets. Dishwasher, oven and range are included. The main dairy barn was milked in last year. It has 97 stalls and measures 40x250'. It has a 2" Delaval pipeline. The three silos are 20x60, 16x50 and 16x40. There is also a 32x60 pole machine shed, a 30x40 two story carriage barn and a 30x50 heifer barn with 25 stalls. A new 40x60 shop was used to display abd repair machinery that the owner sold. The taxes are $4,474. This farm would also be ideal for horses or beef. It has good hunting and views and the setting is irreplaceable.

12321RV/JS/DM/LM OPERATING MOHAWK VALLEY DAIRY……….$519,000

Operating dairy farm - continue to milk or use for great country living. This is located west of Albany in the Canajoharie School District and has nearly 239 acres, 200 of which are tillable. 25 more are wooded and the remainder is pastured. Normally 40 acres are in corn and the rest in hay and although they have not applied for organic certification, the hay land should qualify. This  is an unusually pretty farm and has large and good buildings. The 1800ft2 farm home, about 140 years old, is in very good condition and has wall to wall carpeting, paneling walls, vinyl siding, a large modern country kitchen, dining room, office and living room downstairs. Above are 4 bedrooms. There is one bath, downstairs, but room for another upstairs. It is heated by a gravity hot air wood furnace and has a 50g/minute drilled well. East Creek passes through the pasture areas and there is a small shallow pond. The dairy barn is 40x140' and has 69 stanchions, 1/2” pipeline, 500 & 300g bulk tanks, mow conveyor system, and 2 silos with Patz unloaders (20x60 and 14x30). There is also a very large heifer barn with 30 ties- both these barns are serviced by Patz barn cleaners. You will also find a new 50x94' hay barn and a 50x100' machinery shed plus a 2 car garage. Taxes are only $3200. For $725000 you can get it with 65 Holstein milkers, 28 heifers, 7 tractors and a very good and very long line of machinery.  Note: this is a very good time to make offers here, the signs (and the moon) are right!

12383JS/RV/DM/LM   PRODUCTIVE 92 COW HERKIMER COUNTY

DAIRY........................................................................................................$485,000

Almost entirely high lime Honeoye soil highlights this 92 cow tie stall operation on 250 acres with 175 tillable, 15 of woods and the remainder mostly in pasture with a stock pond. The 42'x225' single story dairy barn has a 2" Surge pipeline with 7 units, 1250 gal bulk tank, Patz barn cleaner and 5 upright silos with unloaders feeding a stationary TMR mixer which can be fed to a feedcart for indoor feeding or shunted to a 90' automatic outdoor feedbunk in a large concrete barnyard. A curtained sidewall provides excellent year round ventilation and there are 2 boxstalls and an attached 60'x100' hay barn. There is an unlimited supply of sweet water from a drilled well at 60 gals/minute. A 2 year old 50'x96' Coverall building and a 20'x60' 5 bay Virginia style shed provide plenty of heifer space along with a newer 20'x40' calf barn with 17 individual pens and curtained sidewalls. A 40'x120' enclosed machinery shed with shop facilities rounds out the list of outbuildings. The home is an 8 room 150 year old country cape with a rear addition in very good condition and very well kept. Downstairs is a large kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom, office, mudroom and full bath. Upstairs are 2 bedrooms and a 1/2 bath. The home has a new roof and all new carpets, mostly new windows, aluminum and vinyl siding, a covered front porch, an oil hot water furnace, a 100 amp electric service, 1000 gal concrete block septic and a full cellar with outside access. All appliances and a gas heating stove are included. There is also a detached single car garage. Total taxes are $6400 before any deductions and it is in the Mohawk school district. A good solid dairy well worth the asking price.

12733RV/JS/DM    NEARLY NEW 135 COW FREE STALL BARN WITH EXCEPTIONAL HOME....................................................$350,000

There are 135 stalls in a barn that measures 88x213'. A planned extension would add another 32 stalls, but the owner has decided to move and go much bigger instead. The barn has curtained sidewalls, scrabbled concrete, an 18' center feed alley with 4 rows of stalls. There is a maternity pen and pens for 20+ young stock. 14x40, 16x60 and 18x60 silos are used for high moisture corn and 2 bunkers (28x160 and 50x160) are for haylage and silage. The milking center is 36x90' and has a double 6 parallel parlour with ATO's, a 3” lowline and 2000 gallon bulk tank. Manure can be handled daily or stored for a week as liquid. There is a manure pump. It is serviced by a drilled well and a pond. There is also a stream on the property. The home is a 2 family and the owner's side has a kitchen/dining room, living room, 3-5 bedrooms and a single bath. There is an attached garage big enough for 2 cars. The other side of the home has a kitchen, living room, dining room, bath and 5 bedrooms. It is in very good condition and has spring water, new oil hot air furnace, a new roof and new vinyl siding. All this was done in the mid 90's. There are 90 acres with 70-75 tillable. A few more acres are in pasture. You will like this location right next to town. Taxes are $5500 before deductions. SOLD

12376LM/DM/JS/RV   NEW 276 COW FREESTALL FARM..........$785,000

This barn is 60x400' and has 276 freestalls with 192 locks. The barn was built in 2004. 138 cow mats. There is a 16x24 building with living space for hired help or use as an office building. Barn area has 1% slope in all directions. Well produces 100 gallons/minute. There are 165 acres with 45 tillable, 55 pasture and 65 woods. 150 acres is available to rent for tillage. There are crop growers in the area that sell hay and corn. The ranch home was also new in 2004 and has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and a beautiful kitchen. There is also a 24x48 mobile home with 3 bedrooms that has been used only 4 years. This is a good opportunity for a dairyman to set up a modern free stall operation just the way they want it. The farm is in a nice area with good schools.

12935DM/JS/RV/LM/NW 300 ACRE OTSEGO COUNTY FARM IS PERFECT FOR BEEF…..................................................$465,000

This farm has beautiful, gently rolling land on a large stream that runs year round. There are 200 acres tillable with 30 woods and the balance pasture. There are 2 miles of road frontage and the land is well fenced. Stately historic brick colonial home is about 150 years old and has 3,200 sqft. of living area. On the first floor are a modern kitchen, dining room, living room pantry and laundry. The second floor has 4 bedrooms and full bath. Fireplace. Full cement basement. Pretty valley views. There is also a 2001 double wide that is 72x28' and has 3 bedrooms with 2 full baths, kitchen, dining room, living room and family room. The free stall barn is 60x148 and 36x70. It has 100 free stalls, but is better suited for beef. 3 upright silos. There is also a grain center/feed mill that is used commercially and can generate $20,000 per year extra income. It has 3 bins with auger, dryer and truck scales. Taxes are $6200. SOLD

12952RV/JS/DM    1800 ACRE SHOWPLACE FOR 750 HEAD...........$5,990,000 

Seldom does such a large well-run and well-kept farm come on the market. This is one that has stayed in the family for 135 years and it has 1800 acres. 1000 of them are tillable! This is mostly sandy loam soil, with some gravely loams and a small bit of clay loams. It has all been tile drained and ditched as needed and is growing wonderful crops. I was first there in the 3rd week of August and found alfalfa to my knees - 4th cutting! A very low elevation allows a much longer growing season that would be expected (the farm is located in Clinton County , near the border with Lake Champlain and Canada ). Parts of it border on I 87, the Great Chazy River (and many smaller streams) and also the famed Miner Institute. 8 miles of road frontage and 3 of river and creekfront. Village water does not quite reach the farm but 3 phase power does. The owners have 750 head here, raise HMSC and do not rent any land! Fields are huge, and nearly level. There may not be a more productive land base for sale anywhere in the state than this one. 135 years in the same family certainly shows. All barns are Morton buildings and are new since 1988 and they sport 3 year old roofs. This is an exceptionally well thought out and efficient setup. It is also extraordinarily clean - you just do not find messes anywhere. Even the machinery is washed and waxed regularly. The pride the owners take in their enterprise shows throughout. No muddy areas, neat drives with no potholes, manicured lawns, and flowering plums and blue spruce are strategically placed for landscaping effectiveness. Everything is in excellent condition - land, buildings, home, cattle and machinery. This is a place in which no one ever has to go outside during inclement weather. The main barn is 102x350” and has 400 freestalls, with mattresses and automatic alley scrapers which feed into a 26x102' Slurrystore which has 7 months capacity for the entire herd. The BouMatic parlour is a double 12, fully updated, and the bulk tank is a 3200 gallon Surge with a tube cooler. The water supply is more than ample and comes from 3 drilled wells. There is a 305 hp Onan generator which self starts and is big enough to run the entire farm in a normal fashion (and it has cheap 3 phase power, too). There is an employee room with with toilet and shower as well. Feeding is fully automated and comes from 9 Harvestore silos (2-25x90, 2 - 20x90, 5 - 20x80). It is mixed in a custom-made 15 ton TMR mixer,l which has 1” thick side walls. There is a separate feed office and there is also a hospital pen. All heifers are housed in 2 adjoining buildings. Their feed and manure is handled identically to that of the cows and they also have mattresses and alley scrapers. The calf and yearling barn is 80x100' and has 70 single pens, 4 group pens, and 120 freestalls. the pens area has a separate barn clean to handle the manure. Manure from all the heifers ends up via huge ram pumps in the Slurrystore, along with that of the milkers. The older heifer barn is also 80x100' and has 175 freestalls. There are various large bedding and utility rooms in these barns and the square footage is much higher than the figures given because of connecting rooms and causeways. It is possible to walk on a catwalk above the cows and heifers to unobtrusively observe the entire herd without getting your feed dirty. There are 2 machinery sheds: one is 40x150 and houses machinery and dry hay. The other is 40x120' and has the farm shop area as well as more machinery housing. There is a large permanent liquid nitrogen tank for the corn. The 75 year old farm home is also very superior and have been very recently redone. It has vinyl siding, new architectural shingles, landscaping blocks and walks, a large deck area, a wraparound porch. Inside, you will find a living room, parlor, modern kitchen, dining room, and bath. On the second floor are 5 bedrooms and another bath, making a total of 9 rooms. Floors are ceramic tile and tiled linoleum, as appropriate. Heat is oil hot water and there is an attached garage for one car. They milk 400 grade Holsteins here (down a 100 from a few years ago - they are trying to retire) and keep 350 heifers. While not on test, the herd is bred nearly all artificially. The farm is fully CAFO compliant. What a great line of machinery - all meticulously cared-for: CIH 9370 w/cabs and tracks, 2 CIH 7110's w/cab and 4wd, CIH 8940 w/4wd, IH 1566 w/cab,IH 1456, IH turbo 806,and an articulated AC 305 w/ cab and 4 wd, self-propelled NH H W340 discbine, Miller rake, hay elevator on wheels, 2 steel hay wagons, NH FX45 self-propelled chopper w/6 row and 10' hay heads, Miller blower, 3 H & S SU wagons w/roofs and tandem running gears, 10 bottom IH plows, CIH 16' chisel plows, CIH 26' disc, 26' drags, rollers, Kinze 3600 12 row corn planter, 12' Pepin seeder, 1000g sprayer, fertilizer spreader, Bodgo 7200 tank manure spreader w/triple axles, NH skidsteer, H & S stock trailer, automatic roller mill, seed corn blower to fill the planter, 1000g Nitrogen application tank, nurse tank, bedding chopper, NH TR 98 combine w/6 row head which chops stocks as well as combines grain. Taxes are only about $26000 here and the price is $9.3M - subtract $1M if you do not want to buy it with the cattle and machinery.

12913LM/RV/JS/DM LONG-TIME OWNERS SELLING 108 COW OTSEGO CO. FARM….................................................$347,000

This farm is located in the Wharton Valley and the Wharton Creek runs through it. The creek has never run dry in the 46 years that the owners have been on the farm. The main 2 story barn has 108 stalls on 2” pipeline with box stall and calf raising area. The milkhouse has a 1,250 gallon Mueller tank with a pre heater and oil hot water heater. The barn has a new 440 amp electrical entrance and a new 36' feed room. There are 2 Patz barn cleaners, a Van Dale TMR mixer with elevators from all the silos to the mixer. It has a 20x44 and 20x80 Harvestor plus a 18x60 concrete; all with unloaders. 10 ton Brock feed bin. There is a 20 head loose housing set-up for heifers next to the main barn. 32x80 barn for dry cows or storage. 30x60 shop and hay barn. Also a 30x60 machine shed and separate office building near the home. The home has 5 bedrooms, kitchen, 2 full baths, living room, dining room and enclosed entrance porch, all in good condition. It has a full basement with a new hot air furnace, new windows and new insulation in the attic. 1000 gallon septic. 185' deep well. There is an excellent well for the barn that never runs dry. There is also a 2000 gallon septic system for the milkhouse. There are 216 acres total with 103 acres of excellent tillable land. There are 105 acres of pasture and 5 acres of woods. There is also a separate deeded 2.78 acre lot with house trailer that is included with the farm. Taxes are $2500 with the Star program. SOLD

12917JS/RV/DM/LM 440 ACRE COOPERSTOWN AREA FARM FOR DEVELOPMENT …$2,000,000

Located just 10 miles north of Cooperstown and one mile north of Otsego Lake, near the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Fenimore Art Museum, the Glimmerglass Opera House and the New York State Farmer's Museum in a rapidly developing tourist area are 440 contiguous acres with 360 acres or highly fertile cropland and 40 acres of mature woods. It boasts 4.3 miles of paved road frontage including half a mile on U.S. Route 20, a recent federally designated “Scenic Byway”. Included with the property are also boat launch and slip rental privileges on Otsego Lake , the famed “Glimmerglass” of novelist James Fenimore Cooper. The property is currently a fully operational modern dairy farm with a main barn measuring 60x120 with 73 milking stalls and 45 stalls for young stock. Other buildings include a 40x80 dry cow and storage barn, a 30x50 calf barn and 40x80 equipment shed with a heated shop. There are 6 concrete silos. There are also 3 homes. The main home is 120 years old and in good condition with 10 rooms including 5 bedrooms. The second home is a 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath fifteen year old doublewide with a basement in very good condition. The third home is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath singlewide with an addition. A fourth home may also be made available, if necessary. Taxes are $10,000. This is an investment opportunity second to none. Cooperstown has become the magic word. Contact us if you would like more details.

12432RV   MODERN EASTERN NEW YORK FREE STALL MILKS 146...............................................................................$320,000

Here is a real nice-working farm. There are 204 acres with long river frontage and half tillable. All of the hedge rows have been removed and the farm is all tiled. All of the land grows good alfalfa and there is ample land to work adjoining the farm. Barn is in very good condition and measures 58x162 and 50x100. It has 146 free stalls with double 7 Surge parlor with takes-off s and 1500 gallon tank. 20x90, 20x70 and 20x37 Harvestors plus 18x50 CS with automatic feeding. 14x81 Slurrystore with Little Ox piston pump and Harvestor shredder pump to unload. Horse barn. 4 bay machine shed. Very good 2 family home with dual heating   systems.   Also 2 mobile homes for rental income.   Available with 100 head of young stock,   6 tractors and nearly all John Deere equipment. SOLD

12754RV/JS/DM   1,400 ACRE FREE STALL FARM WITH INCREDIBLE LAND BASE……..........................…..$1,500,000

This farm has 6-700 acres tillable in HUGE fields. Everything is in one parcel and all high-lime and well-drained soils. THIS IS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL LAND.   More land can be made available….up to 1,500 acres. The owner also might be persuaded to sell with far less land and provide crops for the new owner. The barn has stalls for 299 and has a new roof on the main portion, which is a Penn State design (84x252'). The 99 cow portion is 4 years old and adjoins it. There is a brand new computerized double 10 herringbone parlor with take offs, a 3000 gallon tank and a manure lagoon with 10 months storage. There are 3 big blue silos (27x96, 25x90 and 14x55) plus a large bunker silo. Water is from 3 drilled wells. There is a 44x80 machinery shed, a 36x54 shop and pack area plus hutches for young stock and another old dairy barn that can also be used for heifers. Another conventional barn is 52x140 and has 2 silos. The home is about 20 years old, has OHA/wood heat, 5 bedrooms and 2 ½ baths. The farm could be bought with 1,400 acres and 1000 tillable,   2 more   homes and 2 more dairy barns for $1,500,000. It could be bought stocked and equipped, (limited herd with great line of machinery), for $2,200,00 SOLD

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Roughly, we cover the area between Albany and Utica, plus the Southern Tier. We are confident that with the listings obtained by these salespeople we can find you the property that you need. You may wish to contact the salesperson closest to the area that you prefer or contact us here directly. The salesperson's initials after the listing number indicate the general location of the property.