Sundae on the Farm at Kings-Ransom
Below is the first portion of an article posted online yesterday at www.dailygazette.com of Schenectady, NY. Click here to view the entire article, along with pictures!
For more information on Kings Ransom Farm, visit their website at www.kingsransomfarm.com. Events such as this are wonderful ways in which we can connect with communities and consumers to enlighten them about the dairy world during June Dairy Month!
Dairy farm expecting huge crowds
By Stephen Williams
Gazette Reporter
NORTHUMBERLAND — When Jeff King graduated from Cornell University in 1993, the family farm on King Road was milking around 150 Holstein cows every day.
Ever since, the herd at Kings Ransom Farm has been growing, and it now may be the biggest dairy farm in Saratoga County.
Jan and Jeff King’s operation milks 900 cows every day; they have about 1,700 animals altogether.
The public will have a chance to see how such a farm operates when the King family hosts the 13th annual “Sundae on the Farm” from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Organizers expect more than 2,500 people to attend an event that includes food, farm tours, horse-drawn wagon rides, live music, demonstrations by Saratoga area chefs using local products, and a farmers market. And, of course, there will be ice cream sundaes.
Getting bigger has kept Kings Ransom Farm going in an era when dairy farming has shrunk and consolidated, with dozens of farms just in the Capital Region being lost in the last 20 years.
“We’re a large farm for our locality, but when you look at farms in the Midwest and West, we’re small. They’ll be talking about 4,000 or 5,000 cows,” Jeff King said.
