Greenbacker's Brookfield Farm

Greenbacker's Brookfield Farm Greenbacker Farm is a family owned and operated dairy farm in Durham, CT. Greenbacker Farm is a family owned and operated dairy farm.

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When trying to take a nice family photo, there is always one who has to make a goofy face! 😆
08/20/2026

When trying to take a nice family photo, there is always one who has to make a goofy face! 😆

I was honored to have a princess in cowboy boots help me with calf chores today!
08/15/2026

I was honored to have a princess in cowboy boots help me with calf chores today!

A spotted lanternfly flew into my arm and dropped into the bucket while I was pouring milk to feed the calves. That's on...
08/13/2026

A spotted lanternfly flew into my arm and dropped into the bucket while I was pouring milk to feed the calves. That's one way to catch them, I guess! 😝

Congratulations to our 4Hers on another great dairy show today! Emma showed Red Alert, who was Grand Champion Jersey and...
08/01/2026

Congratulations to our 4Hers on another great dairy show today! Emma showed Red Alert, who was Grand Champion Jersey and Reserve Supreme Champion. Emily showed Indy, who was Grand Champion Holstein and Supreme Champion of the dairy show. There is still time to come visit them and all the exhibits throughout the grounds, as the 100th Middlesex and New Haven County 4H Fair runs through Sunday, August 2 at the fairgrounds in Durham CT.

By the look on her face, Passion is regretting her decision to try to jump out of her hutch. She heard me getting ready...
07/27/2026

By the look on her face, Passion is regretting her decision to try to jump out of her hutch. She heard me getting ready to bring her milk pail to her and she decided she couldn't wait half a minute for me to get to her. To be fair, the pallet is supposed to be in front of her door to block her from jumping out, while allowing airflow into the hutch. Passion was unhurt, and let me gently lift her front end up and push her back in to safety.

While we checked on the cows out on pasture this evening, Beloved greeted us at the gate with all her goofy expressions!
07/26/2026

While we checked on the cows out on pasture this evening, Beloved greeted us at the gate with all her goofy expressions!

Saturday was a busy day! Our hoof trimmer, or should I say the amazing bovine podiatrist Richard Weingart, was here to t...
07/20/2026

Saturday was a busy day! Our hoof trimmer, or should I say the amazing bovine podiatrist Richard Weingart, was here to trim our whole herd, plus a few others that were trailered in from other farms. I noticed Promise was in labor as Richard was getting started, so I made sure she got her hooves trimmed first. Shorty after that she delivered this beautiful heifer calf sired by World Class. Regular hoof trimming is part of herd health care and helps keep the cows' hooves in shape so they can walk properly.

Our newest calf, a heifer sired by Hulu, arrived at 11:30 Thursday night. Our 4-Her Emily was on hand to bottle feed the...
07/18/2026

Our newest calf, a heifer sired by Hulu, arrived at 11:30 Thursday night. Our 4-Her Emily was on hand to bottle feed the calf. Emily leases the calf's mother, Tiber, as part of her 4H project.

This handsome fellow is a Brown Swiss bull calf born early last Thursday morning. Brown Swiss calves have a reputation f...
07/15/2026

This handsome fellow is a Brown Swiss bull calf born early last Thursday morning. Brown Swiss calves have a reputation for being stubborn to feed, but this guy eats like a champ!

Since I haven't posted in a while, I thought I would try to catch up on the past few weeks. First up is a Red and White ...
07/13/2026

Since I haven't posted in a while, I thought I would try to catch up on the past few weeks. First up is a Red and White Holstein heifer calf born in mid June. Mom is Reggie, a black and white Holstein sired by Aristocrat-Red, a red and white bull. Sire of the calf is Hulu, also a black and white bull but is a carrier of the red gene. To get this red and white calf out of two black and white parents, each parent had to pass the recessive red gene to the calf. I lost Reggie's other red and white daughter earlier this year, so I cried happy and grateful tears when I saw this calf was not only red and white, but a spitting image of her sister. I still haven't decided on a name for the calf yet.

Address

160 Wallingford Road (Rt 68)
Durham, CT
06422

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+18603499628

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