Corn: 3,000 acres

Corn is harvested as both silage for the CY Heifer Farm and grain. Grain is marketed year-round. Corn grain is marketed through local cooperatives and elevators, and used for the production of ethanol and as feed.

Soybeans: 1,200 acres

CY's soybean crop is marketed through local cooperatives and grain elevators and used as feed and for biofuel.

Wheat: 800 acres

CY grows red winter wheat varieties. Much of it gets made into flour or used as feed. Straw is baled and used in heifer rations and bedding.

Alfalfa: 800 acres

Alfalfa/grass mixtures are grown to feed the 2,500 heifers at CY Heifer Farm. We start harvest around Memorial Day and usually get four cuttings here in WNY.

Onions: 160 acres

Onions are grown on organic muck soil. We plant about 10 different varieties of yellow and red onions directly from seed. Onions are packed and marketed throughout the East Coast.

Processing Crops: Peas 350 acres

Peas at CY Farms are grown to be processed as a frozen product. Farm Fresh First helps coordinate planting and harvesting while the product is processed by Bondouelle or Seneca Foods.

Crops We Grow:

  • Corn (grain and silage)

  • Soybeans

  • Wheat

  • Alfalfa

  • Onions

  • Peas

  • Snap Beans

  • Spinach