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Fall Farm Tour

• Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Learn about the partnership between DuMond and Spruce Haven Dairy Farms in Union Springs on this self-driving tour. Hear from both farmers about their soil health practices that include cover cropping, reduced tillage, precision nutrient management and producing high-quality grain feed for local dairy animals. 

DuMond and Spruce Haven have worked together researching and testing applying manure into a standing corn crop utilizing the manure as a later season nutrient source for standing corn. Spruce Haven Farm milks around 2,000 cows bedded on sand and has been a pioneer of novel practices to help manage their manure and capture value from the nutrients it contains. DuMond Farms focuses on crop farming, grain processing, and logistics.

What this is:

• Guided facility walk through of new dairy systems and technologies on farms across NYS led by CCE Dairy Specialists, PRO-DAIRY, and other industry experts.
• Intended audience: Dairy farmers and industry partners.

Topics: 

• At Spruce Haven, we'll discuss shrink numbers, focusing on their research and technology with "Tractor Tracker" that helps evaluate costs of shrink at the feed storage bunks. 
• At Dumonds, we'll discuss high oleic beans and go on a feed mill tour.

Logistics:

• Each farm has a set tour time, and agendas vary based on date - check team pages for more details
• Participants are responsible for their own transportation

Biosecurity: 

• All attendees must wear clean clothes and boots, and scrub and disinfect footwear upon arrival and before leaving.

Attendance is FREE but registration required by location, sign up on link below.

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Locations & Schedule

Morning: 10AM
Spruce Haven Farm
5004 White Rd, Union Springs, NY 13160
Website:  https://drinkspruce.com/spruce-haven
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064423...

Afternoon: 1PM
DuMond Farm
5083 White Rd, Union Springs, NY 13160
Website:  https://dumondfarms.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dumondfarms5083/

Hosted/coordinated by  Cornell University's SCNY Dairy & Field Crops Team.

Register

https://scnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=2655

Location

Spruce Haven Dairy Farm
5004 White Rd
Union Springs , New York 13160

Last updated October 16, 2025