Yes, we can be salty AF but that's because we know how to handle 💩. Welcome to the Flood Brothers Farm, LLC page here on Facebook. We are very proud of our way of life and enjoy the opportunity to share it with you here. Please be aware that our page, while open to opinions is not a forum for slander, defamation, excessive profanity, vulgarity or insults. Comments and posts will be moderated and w
e reserve the right to remove, delete, hide and if need be block those offending this policy.Thank you for respecting these guidelines. Our farm is NOT open to the public. It is a busy working landscape with the responsibility of caring for and protecting the land, the people and our family of cows. Those interested in requesting tours should email us. Our family farm is located in Maine’s Dairy Capital of Clinton! Flood Bros. family dairy farm has been in agricultural production for over 200 years. Prior to our ancestors arrival here this land was home to, and stewarded by the people who called the Kennebec home. We are mindful of the fact that this was not our land. Our history here starts only after the history of those who called this home was erased forcibly and unjustly. We fully recognize and acknowledge that our past erased the future of others. The land we now call home was stolen from those before us. While we cannot own that action we can own the impact. Currently, the farm is operated by 2 generations of family members. The dairy first shipped milk as a commercial operation in 1927 under George Flood, Sr., who was 14 at the time, and over the next 85 years the farm has grown and changed with the times and is now currently owned and operated by his grandsons Dana and Tim Flood who work along with their partners Jenni Tilton Flood and Dr. Erin Flood, their families and 40+ employees. Our family farm produces 5% of Maine's milk and is one of 4 family farms in our town, which together produces 15% of Maine's milk earning our town the title of "Maine's Dairy Capital". We raise 2000 acres of corn for silage and harvest 3000 of grass 2-3 times a season for haylage. Currently the farm is milking 2200 cows, 3x a day. Daily production averages 137,000 lbs/day (18,000 gallons of fresh, local, high-quality milk a day) and cows average 85-90lbs/day and produce almost 5% of Maine’s milk. Cows are milked in the recently constructed 100 stall DeLaval rotary parlour and cow records are managed with computer software and a combination of automatic ID, record keeping and data entry and housed in one of the 13 barns where they are grouped by the level of their production and stage of lactation. All dairy barns are free stall layouts (stalls with comfortable, dry and clean bedding in which the cows are free to roam and choose their own bed). Some specific herds, like the maternity pen, are housed in a pack configuration with ample, clean and dry bedding and plenty of room to lounge about comfortably. Forages raised by the farm include 2000 acres of corn and 3000 acres of haylage(which is cut 2-3 times a year) are raised and harvested by the farm and mixed with grains and minerals in custom batches for a TMR (Total Mixed Ration) formulated by nutritionists to meet the specific needs of each group and fed at least once a day in bunks and awaiting the girls as they return from their work in the parlour. All cows have free choice and can eat whenever they choose ensuring their appetite is met when they prefer. Our cows' daily intake averages around 120 lbs of feed/day. Along with ‘round the clock access to feed the cows also have water available at all times (Our cows drink at least a bathtub of water a day). Along with all this good nutrition and hard work producing fresh, quality milk these cows also produce manure…on a regular basis! (A good dairy cow can produce about 100lbs of manure a day) Barns are cleaned out at each milking with manure being transferred by pump or machinery to one of 3 manure pits/lagoons and spread on the forage ground as part of the farm’s Nutrient Management Program. We are proud partners in the Clinton Digester located at our farm and owned and operated by Peaks Renewables. Flood Bros.Farm is a proud Agri-Mark Co-Op member/producer and our fresh, quality milk is shipped directly to H.P. Hood and consistently earns Quality Awards. Our overarching goal is to ensure that our family farm can support and provide for our families as well as our co-workers; maintain the integrity of Gramp and Gram Flood's original drive and vision; milk the finest of animals and provide the highest quality of milk all while being the best stewards of the land they can and pass the farm to the younger generation in order to continue this two centuries old tradition. Throughout the state of Maine there are close to 146 dairy farms that help generate over $2 Billion dollars each year for the state’s economy, contribute over $155 million dollars to the state and municipal government in taxes and provide over 5000 jobs for Maine people. These family farms are small businesses which depend on other businesses such as grain dealers, equipment dealers, milk truck haulers, veterinarians, cattle dealers, and other cattle and dairy specialists and are an integral asset to Maine’s economic landscape. They also represent 700,000 acres of fields, pastures, crop lands, and small woodlots in Maine, which is not only important to the state’s number one industry tourism, but are needed for outdoor sports activities and provide open space. Our family farm is proud to be part of Maine’s Dairy and Agricultural Industry. Our commitment to our families, animals and environment is our priority and we pride ourselves on our efforts and achievements and look forward to opportunities to share this commitment to our way of life by welcoming visitors to the farm. Family members are always on site and available to answer questions. We are very proud of the care we provide to our animals, our stewardship of the land and the milk and dairy products we put on our neighbours table and encourage you to make the conscious choice to support your local family farmer!! Our family farm has been in the family and in agricultural production for over 200 years and the three generations who work our land every day, side by side, are dedicated to another two centuries of farming!
