Klines Host Bradford-Tioga Farm- City Day
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a neighboring 172-arcre farm
with a 50-cow tie-stall bam.
An employee was hired to
manage that facility. The part
nership between Ron and his two
sons was formed in 1990. When a
300-acre neighboring property
became available in 1996, the
partners jumped at the chance to
expand their land base to prepare
for a herd expansion.
On November 25, 1997 they
started milking in a double
12-parallel parlor. They have
continued improvements, adding
a manure storage pit, additional
feed storage, and converting the
stall bam into a hospital and dry
cow facility.
In completing the expansion,
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the Kline family set specific
goals, both for the farm and per
sonal, that they strive to reach.
One is that they want to milk ap
proximately 350 cows, shipping
26,000 to 30,000 pounds of milk
each day. Others involve animal
health focusing on a low somatic
cell counts and bacteria levels.
They also list developing a posi
tive working environment and
lifestyle gods for the family,
while allowing for future
generations to be involved in the
enterprise.
Besides the milking herd, the
farm also is home to 325 head of
young stock, which are all started
in a greenhouse bam before being
moved to a heifer facility.
Each partner oversees a por
tion of the enterprise. Ron is the
senior partner and
general manager.
Glenn is the
herdsman and
Gary is the crop
and equipment
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They now have four full-time em
ployees and eight part-time em
ployees.
During Farm-City Day, partic
ipants had the opportunity to
watch the Klines milk in the par
lor and could see the various ani
mal housing facilities, manure
storage area, and feed areas.
They also watched as a self-pro
pelled chopper devoured a field
of hay.
Other activities were also avail
able. A neighbor took visitors on
a horse-pulled wagon around the
farm, there were sheep shearing
demonstrations, butter making, a
petting zoo, and a pedal tractor
pull for the children.
Officials from various farm en
terprises were on hand to answer
questions, and the daily princess
booth was a popular site.
Food vendors set up shop in
the equipment shed, offering
chicken barbecue hot dogs and
other tasty treats.
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Children had the opportunity to meet calves, goats, kit
tens and bunnies up close that he annual event. Here
Tivon Liguori, 16 months, of Waverly sits on Wendy Liguo
ri’s lap while Monica Kneller shows one of her rabbits.
Tioga County Alternate Dairy Princess Kaitlynn John
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help children make butter at the recent Bradford-Tioga
Dairy Day.
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