And 95% of dairy farms in New York – which is the fifth largest dairy producing state – are family-owned, according to the Northeast Dairy Producer Association.

However, they sure seem ready to tell us how to run our farms.” New York is the nation’s fifth-largest milk producer, with around 3,000 individual dairy farms and more than 600,000 dairy cows.

State and local officials visited three multi-generational dairy farms in Berkshire and Hampshire County in recognition of National Dairy Month.