Tup's Crossing Farm

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Tup's Crossing Farm Tup’s Crossing Farm is a woman owned and operated dairy, proudly shipping goat milk to Vermont Creamery. Consultant services also available.

We have bottle kids available for sale on the farm each March. We are in Orwell, VT.

The Goats of Tup's Crossing Farm: Byron
10/16/2026

The Goats of Tup's Crossing Farm: Byron

Thank you everyone who expressed interest in joining our team. I believe the position is now filled, but if you would li...
10/02/2026

Thank you everyone who expressed interest in joining our team. I believe the position is now filled, but if you would like to be contacted in the event of a future team position - please do not hesitate to reach out!

Tup's Crossing Farm is looking to add a part-time milker to the team! We are looking to fill 3 morning shifts a week, with flexibility to work around the new team member's availability for which 3 mornings: Monday-Saturday.

The morning milking shift runs from 4:30am to 7:30-8:00am. Pay starts at $75/shift and will go up to $80 with experience. Work requires being able to work independently, remain attentive to details, lift 50lbs, be with dogs, and occasionally wrestle an obstinate goat. Reliability and clear communication skills are a must. Interest in a longer term commitment to the farm is highly desired. We are in Orwell, VT. Serious Inquiries only please.

09/26/2026

$16 milk is $16 milk, right?

On the milk check, sure.

On the farm? Not even close.

Imagine two dairies are both paid $16 per hundredweight.

One milks 60 cows.

The other milks 6,000.

The price printed on the check may be the same, but the economics behind that number are radically different.

Both farms need equipment. Both need facilities. Both have repairs, utilities, insurance, veterinary expenses, labor, feed, hauling and countless other costs.

But the larger operation has thousands of cows and millions more pounds of milk across which to spread many of those costs.

A $10,000 expense divided across the production of 60 cows hits very differently than that same expense divided across the production of 6,000.

Scale can also affect purchasing power. Feed, supplies, equipment, hauling arrangements, financing and other costs may not be available on identical terms to every producer.

And here's the part we don't talk about enough:

A milk price can exist that allows a large operation to keep functioning while a smaller operation receiving that same price is bleeding to death.

That's why saying, “Everybody gets the same milk price,” doesn't answer the question of whether the system is economically sustainable for farms of different sizes.

The relevant question isn't simply:

What is the milk price?

It's:

What does it cost each farm to produce that hundredweight of milk, and what's left after everyone else gets paid?

Because the bills don't care what the milk price was.

And neither does the bank.

If we're serious about understanding why small dairies disappear while milk production becomes concentrated on fewer and larger farms, we have to look beyond the number printed on the milk check.

$16 milk may be $16 milk.

But $16 milk does not create the same financial reality on every dairy farm.

GIC Jehan and GIC Moonlight continue to impress. Happy to carry these genetics here at Tup's!
09/22/2026

GIC Jehan and GIC Moonlight continue to impress. Happy to carry these genetics here at Tup's!

Extended lactation means very careful herd management during breeding season! A portion of the milking herd must be hous...
09/22/2026

Extended lactation means very careful herd management during breeding season! A portion of the milking herd must be housed with bucks for breeding but still be moved through the milking parlor twice a day. The rest of the herd continues milking as usual but needs to remain fully separated from those same bucks. It's a stressor!

09/17/2026

You don't have to go back to the classroom to brush up on your skills! Iowa State University Extension's Dairy Goat Management webinar series is a great way to keep learning from the comfort of the farm. 🏠️🐐

This year's topics have focused on improving milk quality, analyzing profit margins, managing sustainability, improving recordkeeping, and more. No pop quizzes, just professional insights from experts in the industry.

Five years of recordings are free to access here: https://buff.ly/0LGXJni

The Goats of Tup's Crossing Farm: Rania and Rika, sisters and besties.
09/11/2026

The Goats of Tup's Crossing Farm: Rania and Rika, sisters and besties.

SOLD! Darn vet guaranteed us that this little one was female. Turns out the expert was wrong and we only have room for f...
08/20/2026

SOLD! Darn vet guaranteed us that this little one was female. Turns out the expert was wrong and we only have room for females in our rabbit family at this time! AVAILABLE: Young MALE lop rabbit, all shiny black. He's super friendly with people and is accustomed to outdoor and indoor spaces. Born in June. $60.

Happy youngstock on this foggy morning
06/27/2026

Happy youngstock on this foggy morning

SOLD: We have baby Holland Lops! Out of a litter of 5, we have 2 available for sale, one male and one female. The grey/b...
06/19/2026

SOLD: We have baby Holland Lops! Out of a litter of 5, we have 2 available for sale, one male and one female. The grey/brown is the male and will probably have long fur when fully grown. The bright grey one, we are calling Chinchilla, is a girl. $60/each and ready to go home now. Sold without papers as sire was unregistered. [email protected]

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