Dairy Farms Split $21M in State Funding as Proposed Bill Raises Alarms

Shut the barn door: proposed law to limit cows finds opposition

ALBANY — Dairy all the way ... until the cows come home.

Upstate Democrats oppose cow limit for dairy farms

(WIVT/WBGH) - Some Upstate Democrats in the New York State Assembly are pushing back on a proposal that would limit the size of dairy farms. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, who is chair of the Agriculture Committee, and three of her Democratic colleagues issued a news release this week in opposition to a proposal by downstate Democrats to end the authorization of dairy farms with more than 700 milking cows. Lupardo says she was disappointed that th…

Local dairy farms receive state grants to modernize

Several local dairy farms will receive state grants to modernize.

Farmers oppose bill to limit dairy cows on NY farms

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)----At the New York State Capitol on Wednesday, Ray Dykeman stood alongside Republican lawmakers, the New York Farm Bureau, and the Northeast Dairy Producers Association to oppose a bill that would limit the size of dairy farms in the state. "To say that I’m a frustrated dairy farmer in New York State would be an understatement. I don’t understand how a bill like this even gets remotely this far," said Ray Dykeman of Dykeman…

Industry “Dairy Day” Sells False Image of NY Mega-Dairies

Albany, NY — Today, state Senate and Assembly Republicans will join big agribusiness groups to hold a press conference at the State Capitol in support of the mega-dairy industry. The move comes on the heels of the introduction of new legislation to ban new mega-dairies and factory farms in New York. Recent Food & Water Watch analysis of New York’s mega dairy industry reveals the following: Mega-Dairy explosion: From 2002-2022 about two thirds o…

Local reps criticize proposed dairy legislation

Upstate Democratic and Republican lawmakers are coalescing in their efforts to block proposed legislation that would limit the size of dairy herds in New York.