Dairy Farm Owner Sign-Up

Step 1: Pay by credit card. Entering our dairy landowner database costs $75.00, payable via the PayPal button below.

Step 2: Fill out our registration form. After you have paid the $75.00, complete the registration form below and submit it. Once we've verified payment, and if there are no further questions, we'll post your information on our web site.

If you need assistance to complete the payment or the application, please call 717-705-2121 or email c-daliving@pa.gov

Personal Information

To protect your privacy, none of the personal information gathered below will be displayed in your public listing on the Pa Farmlink website.

Item Name •

Your Name *

Street Address *

Town or City *

State *

Zip Code *

County * -- Please select -- Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Blair Bradford Bucks Butler Cambria Cameron Carbon Centre Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Elk Erie Fayette Forest Franklin Fulton Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Juniata Lackawanna Lancaster Lawrence Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming McKean Mercer Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pike Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Union Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

Home Phone

Cell Phone

Farm Web Site (if you have one)

Email *

Information about your farm

What region of the state is your farm in? (See map above for reference.) * -- Please select -- Region 1 (Clarion-Crawford-Elk-Erie-Forest-Jefferson-McKean-Mercer-Venango-Warren) Region 2 (Cameron-Clinton-Columbia-Lycoming-Northumberland-Montour-Potter-Schuylkill-Snyder-Tioga-Union) Region 3 (Bradford-Carbon-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Monroe-Pike-Sullivan-Susquehanna-Wayne-Wyoming) Region 4 (Allegheny-Armstrong-Beaver-Butler-Fayette-Greene-Indiana-Lawrence-Washington-Westmoreland) Region 5 (Bedford-Blair-Cambria-Centre-Clearfield-Fulton-Huntingdon-Juniata-Mifflin-Somerset) Region 6 (Adams-Cumberland-Dauphin-Franklin-Lebanon-Lancaster-Perry-York) Region 7 (Berks-Bucks-Chester-Delaware-Lehigh-Montgomery-Northampton-Philadelphia)

What type of arrangement are you offering? * Lease Rent Buy Any Option: Rent/Lease/Buy

What is your reason for offering your farm? * Retirement No interest from next generation Pursue other opportunities Other

Is a house available on the property? * Yes No

How many acres are available on your farm? * -- Please select -- under 10 10 to 50 51 to 100 101 to 200 201 to 500 Great than 500 acres

What type of farming operation is it? (check all that apply) * Dairy Livestock Crops Vegetable Fruit

What farm method has been used? * Conventional Organic

Does your farm have any deed restrictions? Check all that apply. * Preserved Farm Easements Other-Not Easement Or Preservation Doesn't Apply

If other, please specify:

Do you have a current conservation plan? * Yes No

Do you have a current nutrient management plan? * Yes No

What type of marketing have you utilized or would be appropriate for farm location? Check all that apply. * On Farm Store/Stand Other Direct Marketing Outlets CSA Indirect Sales To Cooperative/Company/Farmers Not Sure

Will you sell/lease equipment and/or livestock with property? * Yes No

More about yourself and what you're looking for: *

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Is your current land base available for crop production? Yes No

How many barns are currently available on your facility? None 1 1-3 3-5 Greater than 5

What is the type of facility set up currently? Free-stall Tie-stall Pack barn Open lot Something other than free-stall/tie-stall/pack barn/open lot

What type of parlor system is available? Tie-stall Parlor None

Do you currently have a herd of cows that you would be able to sell or provide to oncoming farmer? Yes No

If you have a herd, how many cows are there? Less than 100 cows 100 to 200 cows 200 to 500 cows Great than 500 cows

What size of an operation is your facility able to maintain? Less than 100 cows 100 to 200 cows 200 to 500 cows Great than 500 cows

What is your current manure storage capacity?

What is your feed storage availability?

Upon letting go of your farm, would you be interested in forming a Succession Planning Team through The Center for Dairy Excellence? Yes No

Please provide any further information you would like to share regarding your dairy operation.