- 5327 Watson Road, Elba, New York
- September 28, 2018
- www.cyheiferfarm.com
Company Information
CY Farms is a multi-generation, family-owned operation located in western NY between Buffalo and Rochester. What started as a 25 cow dairy in 1951, has grown into a 6,000 acre and 4,000 head dairy replacement operation.
Started by Carl Yunker as a small dairy farm, CY Farms was formed when his oldest son, Craig returned home to the farm from college. Carl and Craig built a milking parlor, a free-stall barn, and the 1st bunker silo in New York State and grew the milking herd to 350 cows by 1985.
After getting out of the dairy business for a few years, CY Heifer Farm, LLC was formed in 2004 with the purchase of a 4,000 head dairy replacement facility from the former Agway Cooperative. Agway originally built the facility in 1998 on CY real estate with a forage and nutrient management contract. This operation provides custom dairy heifer raising services for 10 area dairy farms and has a staff of 12 people. The addition of nutrients from manure, as well as adding alfalfa into our rotation is a great benefit to the soils of our intensive vegetable rotation operation.