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The Kelley Family consists of
Scott and Kathy and their three sons:
Ryan, Matt
and Evan.
We own and operate a large farm and
garden supply, True Value Hardware and lumber
store in
Cobleskill, New York.
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We also have a small commercial/registered angus
herd and Alpine dairy goats in addition to
growing hay for our own use and to sell in our
retail business.
Both Kathy and Scott loved everything about
exhibiting livestock in their youth and
believe
it was an integral part of developing their
future and chosen profession in the Agricultural
industry.
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They wanted to replicate that experience for
their children. Their three sons have been very
active livestock showmen since they were six
years old. They have participated in 4-H and
Youth Breed organizations from the County to the
National levels. We are firm believers in the
power of caring for animals to teach
responsibility, hard work ethic, nurturing,
leadership and confidence.
Their youngest son, Evan, is an avid
baseball player thus is less involved
with the
animals than his two older brothers,
although he is still responsible for
many chores and does some showing.
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Matthew is studding at Penn State after
graduating from SUNY Cobleskill with a
degree in Animal Science He
loves the animals and will be lost not being involved in their
daily care since Penn State is five
hours away.
Ryan has started his own life with a
full time job in Mechanical Engineering
and a seasonal ice cream shop. He
occasionally spectates his brothers at a
show and does some farm sitting for us
during vacations. Allow he is no longer involved
with the animals directly
he has many
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Scott and Kathy have the dilemma of
having worked hard with their sons to
improve
genetics for show ring success
of both the cattle and goats.
They have
come a long way in the last 15 years.
Now that all of our “help” is moving on
with their own promising futures.
We
are not getting any younger, how do we
continue?
It is painful to think of dispersing
when we have worked so
hard to get here
and would like to see it through
to fruition.
Our new challenges is working with
employees to relieve some
of the burden,
along with update our existing
facilities to be as efficient as
possible.
There is now a new luxuriously easy and
comfortable goat barn.
They are very
close to getting federally inspected
soon to sell the milk.
There is also new buildings for
the cattle and hay storage
along with
additional pasture land, renovated ponds
for water.
We plan to keep both of our herds to a
small and efficient, only keeping the
best genetics.
This is easer without our children
giving us sad eyes about selling an
animal
for
emotional reasons.
We hope to
continue to promote youth in livestock
and plan to find
some opportunities to
sell some successful genetics to good
showmen that are just beginning on that
road.
We also plan to include beef in our retail
offering at our store and possibly milk
and goat dairy
products. Previously we sold halves and quarters
to our friends and acquaintances
now
most of their families are getting
smaller as their children
growing
up they don't require as much beef.
We have a beautiful life on our small
scenic farm and we hope to continue to
raise beautiful animals for years to
come.
Please feel free to peruse our website
and see if there are any
dams you would
like to own a kid or a calf from |
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| Thank you for your interest in Hawk’s Hill Farm. |
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